about two years ago, i asked for a "teach yourself to crochet" kit for xmas. i'd taken crafts my senior year of high school, and my teacher took it upon herself to just teach me to crochet a hat. i never finished it, and for all i know it's still sitting in a drawer in her office. so, it'd been five years since then and i wanted to pick the hobby up for real.

that xmas, i crocheted a wobbly, pitiful looking scarf. after that i started the daunting task of an afghan. it took a year to finish, but it happened.

last year, i asked for a "teach yourself to knit" kit, determined to kick my needlework skills up a notch. preoccupied with the completion of above said afghan, i didn't teach myself to knit until about two weeks ago. i'm working on a knit stitch scarf. (and is just me, or am i a slow knitter or what -- i thought i'd be done with the thing in about two days... i'm maybe a third of the way done.)

earlier this week i happened to see a new show on the diy network called knit one, purl two. it's filmed at and hosted by the owner of la knitterie parisienne -- a studio city knit shop that all the "stars" frequent. this place is down the road from me, and i'm tempted to sign up for a class... but haven't because i'm intimidated by the fact that i'd be out of my league with a bunch of knitting movie/television stars/execs among the group.

the show is neat though -- it's just the french owner, with her accent, sitting at a table with three guests (today's was, among the others, "rosario" from "will & grace"). the projects they've featured so far are a cute "tie" scarf, a hat (without using those circular needle things), a savvy tote and a beautiful blanket. i'm inspired!

thing is, there are no more upcoming shows beyond this week (that i know of) -- and, here i thought i'd stumbled upon something great.