I can haz purl stitch!

I've started teaching myself to knit a good two years ago, in which time I've made... hmm... three scarves.

Even less impressive is that I never managed to get my head around the purl stitch... Until recently that is...

I Hereby Proudly Present My First Successful Attempt at Purl Stitch:

The idea behind this was to make a scarf that wouldn't "grow" too much, as my first scarf (that I still wear all the time) is now a good bit longer than it was originally (I could wrap it twice around my neck, now after 3 times it's still a bit loose). My mum said it's normal with garter stitch...

It's long enough to almost touch the floor when hung from a bar stool!

The thing is, stockinette stitch has another problem: it curls up on itself!

So I still ended up frogging (= unraveling) it and starting again in garter stitch. Ah well...

At some point I'll master more stitches;)

My first scarf

 Apparently my knitting attempts weren't that hopeless... I made a cowl scarf!!!

I used this tutorial from Knit and Bake as the "Super Easy Beginner Knitting Cowl " title sounded right up my alley (thanks by the way, miss Knit and Bake!).

Of course, my knitting wasn't that regular, so I had to block it (aka pin it in place, put a kitchen towel on top and steam the heck out of it) :

But it turned out great, and I'm very proud of it:)

I also knitted one (in the round!) for my mom, but forgot to take a picture before giving it to her...