Let's Start At The Very Beginning

Well I never thought I'd be doing a knitting blog. Up until about 2 months ago I never even considered knitting again, to be honest. I was Stumbling and found a cool knitting website that featured socks. I was blown away by them! They were so brilliant and beautiful! I had to do this...I had to start again and learn how to make those. Eventually. Hopefully this blog will chronicle my journey from a noobie to a full fledged knitter.
My mother was a knitter. She didn't do it often. I remember her making us sweaters when we were kids and I never saw her knit again until, about 10 years later, when my sister was pregnant with her daughter. Then my mom was off and running. I think she probably knit a half dozen sweaters, and matching hats, during my sister's pregnancy. I vaguely remember her teaching me but I don't think I did much knitting at that time. Then when I got married, my sister in law taught me how to crochet. I did a couple of afghans but lost interest in that after a few months.
After seeing the sock blog I decided to start at the beginning. I looked online for how to knit sites and videos. I went to one of the many yarn stores we have here in NYC. I picked up a couple of skeins of yarn and a set of needles. I came home, watched a video of how to cast on and started. The cast on was weird. I knew how to do it. I just started casting on without really watching the video. I guess it's like riding a bike...once you learn you don't forget. I just started knitting a scrap to see what I knew. I knew how to knit and purl. Holy! I couldn't believe I knew this. It was weird doing this...having this long buried skill. So I started knitting. I've made a few things in the last few months. Not much. Scarves and one hat so far. I went onto Ebay and bought lots of knitting needles for a pittance. I have a zillion needles now, probably more than I'll ever use. Straight, circular, dpns...you name it. Even my youngest son, who's 11, has taken it up!
Well here's a photo of my first completed project. I'll post more later as I go on. Thank you to my most beautiful model, Patrick, who I love and adore. Man that fringe is a lil long isn't it? Oh well. That's the point of this blog...to show my growth. If there is any.