Lists, Knitting & Crazy Old Ladies

For those of you who didn't already guess it, I love making lists. I can't do very many things without one. My lists keep me on track and sane. I've been adding things to my "Things to do Before I Die" list for a few years now, and since I'm only 20 and I don't PLAN on dying any time soon, I don't get too amped up about completeing things on my list. I stick to one thing at a time, and don't set any particular goal for it's completion. The most recent thing I've crossed off is #91. Learn To Knit. Let me tell you about that experience.

First of all, I took a class at JoAnn's Craft Store (it's like $35 for supplies and everything) and I got exactly $35 worth of knitting lessons and supplies. The teacher was this super old lady (expected) who rambled on and on about the history of knitting and how long people have been knitting, how long she's been knitting, why she knits, how she knits, what her favorite thing about knitting was. Yeah. Hopefully you have the same face on that I did the whole time she was talking, if not, you won't like me at all. Finally she gets to the first step (casting on.) which I already knew how to do since i'm extremely stubborn and I wanted to teach myself how to knit (don't. because that's as far as I got on my own.). Then she blabs about all these different stitches in knitting and what they're typically used for, mind you, she hasn't taught me how to do a basic knit stitch yet so I have NO idea what she's talking about. Then after about a half an hour she teaches me how to knit. Excuse my arrogance, but I got it on the first try and obviously we moved on. Then she starts telling me about her LARP-ing.

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Yeah, no, that was serious. She talked about that for so long that she "lost track of time" and only had a few minutes to show me how to cast off. Now, I know how to do a basic knit stitch (and thats it), and cast off ... but have no idea what to do with the last loop. Lesson learned. Don't take a cheap class and expect great results. Now I have to pay another $35 to take Knitting 201.

The good news is, I can knit scarves. I'm almost done with my first one, and when I am, I'll post a picture for you :) (that's this new silver lining thing I'm trying out, it's proving to be a lot harder than I thought)