Knit one, Purl two

I've started knitting. First sock cast on and a couple of rows already done. Thank fuck for the internet and places where I can learn how to do these things without trying anyone's patience that isn't my own.

Is it going to be the most fantastic sock in the history or socks? I'll be over here, laughing and trying not to drop another needle and have to pick up those stitches again. My learning curve, let me show you it.

I am, though, ridiculously proud of myself for even this slow and somewhat frustrating start. I learned how to do a long tail cast on! To knit and purl! To work in the round with double pointed needles! (I started with a circular, but the cord and the sliding stitches to-and-fro was twisting everything around and just no.)

Socks! I might even get decent enough to make them for other people. Maybe. In a year or ten. :)