Martha Failed Me!

I stumbled across an old Martha Stewart Living magazine a few nights ago, one that survived "The Great Purge Of 2005," from when I moved last summer. On the cover..."knitting 101." Great! I wanted to learn how to knit. So I purchased yarn and a pair of needles from Michael's, and settled down with the magazine. I turned to the page with the illustrations...and was utterly dumbfounded. The illustrations were impossible to figure out.
Fortunately, Debbie Bliss helped me out. Her illustrations are merely difficult to understand, rather than impossible.
I get a real charge out of how my needles and yarn match.