I'm a beginner knitter, I'm sorry. I have made a few mistakes. Here's what I learned so far: First, don't be scared of using "knitting" for a beginning knitter. Knitting is for average people. If you want to knit or crochete something, go for it. The only problem I had was trying to get a good hand on the needles. I'm not much of a hands-on kind of person. I use the "knitting" in the wrong way. Instead of knitting the pattern I used to create this pattern, I used knitting to make