I sat down with my new ball of gray yarn yesterday and successfully cast on a number of rows… but when I went to start my first row of knitting I was unable to see the loops because of the texture of the yarn.

So today after church, I picked up this skein of (easier) persimmon yarn for $1.85 to practice my technique.

Casting on was by far the easiest part. I could do that all day. My first few rows of knitting, however, were a different story.

I have about three rows done, but will probably start over due to a few missed loops in the very beginning. I am getting the hang of the motion though and am still working on getting the tension just right for the size of the needles.