Guess what I can do! Guess! Guess!

I can knit stockinette without purling. I know! You are all saying, "What? This bitch crazy." Well, it's true on both counts.

You see, I knew there was a way to do it, I just hadn't applied myself to finding out. Once I learned to knit continental, the urge to figure this non-purling business out became stronger.

Cue Vogue Knitting. Right there, smack in the first "how to make a knit stitch" lesson, is a diagram showing you how to knit left handed! Brilliant! My way isn't exactly the same as I have to hold my yarn in my right hand, but by god, I can knit stockinette without purling. I kind of look like a typwriter. Knit from left needle onto right, knit from right needle onto left. GOD I'M SMART.

If anyone is interested in a photo heavy tutorial on just how I got my ever more functional left hand to do the knitting, drop me a comment and I'll post up my skillz for the world to share.

Next thing to learn: reverse stockinette and ribbing in the same left handed manner.

**If this whole thing is old news to you, please pretend you are just finding out for the first time. It's my first day of absolutely no nicotine whatsover. I'm fragile.

PS

I also did my first tubular cast on and bobbles this weekend. This year of the dog must be code for year of the brainiac.