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The great knitting lesson - at 'meet the MC' day
I am learning to knit.
I am pretty hopeless. Or I *was* 
Dan, our secretary, is a dab hand with the old knitting sticks and in the middle of discussing some options for the upcoming months, we had a quick knitting lesson.
It turns out i'd been knurling, or pnitting. It wasn't knit, and it wasn't purl *lol* I created a monster!
So dan helped me out, and then *gasp* ruined my knurl/pnitted masterpiece by yanking it off the needles.
He made me start afresh with actual real knitting It was very embarrassing trying to get my stitches right with everyone watching on. Karina was watching me for a while and in the end it seemed like she couldn't take it anymore 
She came over and showed me how to hold my needle, instructing me to own the needle, and not let it own me
I finished that practice piece on the way home in the train, and when I arrived home, I was so inspired, I started a new piece... a real live scarf!
I'm sure anyone who was there for my impromptu lesson can vouch for how much I have improved *lol*
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The great knitting lesson - at 'meet the MC' day
Yes, I must say that looks very good, and quite a bit better than what you started out with!!
I'll have to find my knitting needles and give it a go again....and if I fail, well I'll just have to get Dan to help me!!
That looks very nice wool too....what kind is it?
The great knitting lesson - at 'meet the MC' day
Its called "opera" by Moda Vera. They have it at Spotlight for about $3 a ball. It is quite thick, larger than a standard size ball. It looks to be about 12 ply (at a guess)
The great knitting lesson - at 'meet the MC' day
I cast off today
WITHOUT instructions. Somehow I remembered 
The end is about 1" less wide than the beginning *lol* But it still looks snazzy!
Photos to come shortly.
The great knitting lesson - at 'meet the MC' day
Yay!! Glad you were able to cast off without instructions!!
I found my knitting needles, which already had some knitting on, which I continued, and then learnt casting off from a website. My piece is actually an inch or 2 wider at the end than the beginning!! *oops*
But I've now started with some Flutter wool from Lincraft (feathery type) a bargain at 62 cents a ball!!!
I'm planning on a scarf.....if I get there I'll try and get a pic up on here!
The great knitting lesson - at 'meet the MC' day
http://abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s1619215.htm
In case you have knitty fingers
Scarf still in a box from OS
Photos shortly 
These is one I did when I returned.
So c'mon, where are your piccies?
The great knitting lesson - at 'meet the MC' day
Well since I haven't yet gotten the gprs thingy on my camera phone working, I can't send photos through from it.
And even though I was at my dad's place last week, I don't know if he even had his digital camera there, and I was too busy cleaning up after him and being his slave!! (my dad had a small operation on his knee, and so he needed me to stay there to do things for him)
But I promise that I will try to get piccies of my scarf on here soon!!!
And today I discovered that lincraft has more feathery wool at 78c a ball!!! Really nice colours too, it's Sullivan's brand.
I really like the scarf you've knitted too!!