After learning some crocheting, I moved on to my dream: knitting without a loom. I sat down with my book and needles to teach myself to knit, while the kids and Tim watched the movie, Gremlins. First of all, it is not easy to learn to knit while watching Gremlins. My son, noting that I wasn't looking at the screen, started narrating the action for me so I wouldn't miss anything. Meanwhile, my head exploded.
Anyway, I finally caught on and proudly showed everyone that I was doing it. I was knitting! I got to the end of the row and checked the book on what to do next. The book said, "Now it's time to start knitting!" I wasn't even knitting that whole time. I was just "casting on."
So then I learned how to actually knit. But thanks to the chainsaw scene in the movie, it looked like I had knit it with my feet. I unwound and started again and again and again. Then, in frustration, I decided to look online. I found a great website with little videos that explained everything so well.
I am going to start again today, and this time, I am going to do it.
Speaking of movies, I have to recommend the movie we saw a couple of nights ago, Duma. It is about a baby cheetah, and since my son Morgan considers himself to be my baby cheetah, we thought it would be cute. It was the best movie I have seen in a long time. It might not be great for little ones (my youngest is almost 10), but we loved it.
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