I am doomed to just cast-on forever, never knitting a stitch. I CANNOT FIGURE THIS OUT. Like, I can cast-on like MOFO, but I can't get a single fricking stitch after that. In EITHER style. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR DAYS. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.
ION, I joined Ravelry! So if you're there and want to be connected or what-have-you (I'm still not sure how that site actually works), drop me your username. I used a name that's a subset of my real name, so I don't feel comfortable posting it publicly here, but if a random person adds you after this, it's (probably) me!
Back to failing to knit.
ETA: AHAHAAH OMG. GUESS WHO JUST LEARNED TO KNIT?!?!? Thanks to this video, FYI:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPQbdzBagBo&feature=related. I COULD NOT figure out where all the other people were pulled the needle through, but you couldn't miss it with those GIANT ASS NEEDLES. THIS IS MIRACULOUS.