Episode 1: In the Beginning

I learned to knit for the second time when I was 19.

The first time, I was 9.  My grandmother tried to teach me garter stitch.

My "scarf" somehow miraculously gained a bunch of stitches...

Needless to say, that didn't last very long.

At 19 I got the basics all right.

Heck, I could even get the difference between stockinette and garter.

There was ribbing and moss stitch too.  I thought I was pretty slick.

I figured there wasn't much I couldn't handle.

Then I saw my first lace chart.

Eh, maybe later.

I went on this way in ignorant bliss for years.  And then...