Well my one brief attempt at knitting has come to a sad end as, while engrossed in a particularly er, engrossing episode of Ugly Betty (in which Daniel looks particularly horny), I – horror of horrors – dropped a stitch! Yikes.
I didn’t notice until about two rows after, and by then I was clueless as what to do! I quickly thumbed through my copy of Stitch n Bitch: the knitter’s handbook only to emerge more confused. Which way do the loops go? Which loops are the loops and which loops are the stitches? And how many stitches did I have anyway? These things do not always matter in crochet!
In a last-ditch attempt I decided to rip it down two rows and see what I could salvage. But halfway through the ripping, the yarn snagged on itself and now refuses to budge. Damn knots! Damn wool! Damn knotty wool!
Oh well, this is it then, in all its messy glory.
I may or may not return to knitting. 
LMAO, this is fantastic! I thought I was bad with knitting, and indeed I am, but now I feel better about myself to know that I’m not the only one.
You now have a new follower, anyone who can write about handy crafts and make it funny is brilliant in my book.
Ness
thank you ness
Yea knitting can be kind of confusing. When I started I at least had a person (my aunt) to help me through it all because it’s so confusing when you start out. I’d just advise starting fresh because otherwise it becomes such a mess of thread the only thing you have as a marker are the needles hahaha. Once you get through scarf’s you should try baskets, they’re really fun
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baskets?! I think that would be beyond my capability in knitting! But i might try them as my next crochet project…
I hate it when that happens! I am a knitter, but my mom crochets. She and her sister made mostly the zig-zag afghans, and we treasure having them.
I have had this happen to me too and it sent me into a panic. Right now I am working on my first fisherman’s knit scarf in beautiful periwinkle merino and live in fear of losing a stitch. Fortunately I have a friend who is an excellent knitter and could probably bail me out of trouble.
Good luck with your projects. The dress pattern is great.
Hi,
You should definitely give knitting another shot. Debbie Stoller helped me quite a bit, lol. I’m just moving on from scarves right now but I’m up for the challenge!