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[elsajeni]

A few days ago I bought a big book of How To Knit, which I think will prove interesting and helpful; it not only has detailed instructions, but also has photos of, like, 40 different stitches and how they should look if you do them right. Also, I got to play Big Brain Academy on demo mode at the store the other day, and now I have a burning desire to buy a Nintendo DS and PROVE TO THAT GAME THAT I AM NOT AN IDIOT, DAMMIT. (Unfortunately, that would require actually, y'know, having some money. I'll be saving up, though.)

Inexplicably, Zack has developed an obsession with Ron Jeremy. Yes, Ron Jeremy. The porn star. Now every time I turn around I get an Obscure Ron Jeremy Fact. Did you know that he was a special ed teacher before he got his big break in porno? Neither did I.

Hopefully in the next couple of days I'll be able to stop by my parents' house and pick up the one pair of knitting needles, and the ball of yarn, that I bought at some earlier point when I decided to try and learn how to knit. Maybe this time it'll actually work. (If it doesn't, don't worry; the book was at Half Price Books.) Goal: eventually create sweater.

I did another NaNoWriMo one-word-prompt exercise last night -- 227 words in 5 minutes, 45.4 words per minute. I'm not going to post it, though, because it wasn't actually any good.

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[libbyelf.livejournal.com]

The book that finally succeeded in teaching me to knit was one of those "Teach Yourself Visually" books. Something about the pictures finally just clicked when I used that book.

[elsajeni.livejournal.com]

For some reason I'm convinced this book will work out well for me -- the pictures of "how to do each stitch" aren't that detailed, but the little swatch pictures seem so helpful that I am filled with hope.