okay, i have my first needles (29″ bamboo no 7 circular), my first yarns (cotton, lily, sugar n’ cream) and other trinkets (THANKS FOR HELPING ME TANYA!!)
and i’m on (again, thanks to Tanya) knittinghelp.com watching how to cast on … http://www.knittinghelp.com/video/play/long-tail-cast-on
it took me a few minutes to figure out what she was doing .. but i think i got it!

