you learn as you prepare to prepare.lol 1/15/12

today I was doing some preplanning and preparing for my classes & came up on things I didn't know & I think I will be able to fix to make my work acceptable for my classes.

I am a self-taught knitter and I guess I didn't exactly teach myself the exact right way to do a couple of things...namely
* When I taught myself to do the knit stitch while I did it right, I have found I was doing it backwards. I am thinking changing the way that I do my knit stitch will changed for the better by doing it the 'correct' way. No more leaning work, no more twisted stitches. Yey. Let the celebration begin! I am hoping that I can remember to do this correctly so that when I turn in my samples I will pass with flying colors.
*my blocking has been wayyyyy to stretched. I need to follow the directions for blocking as found on knitty(dot)com. Over stretching flattens the pattern & we don't want that!