Process

I borrowed some knitting needles and yarn from the class and used online guides to teach myself how to knit. I couldn't remember how to cast on and cast off knitting, so I looked up a simple guide (https://www.wikihow.com/Knit) and knit a practice patch. I then learned how to purl from another guide I found (https://mysimpleknitting.com/how-to-purl/), did a few practice rows, and then did the rest of the sample as alternating rows of knit and purl. I then tried to do a sample of a single basket weave (http://www.yarnspirations.com/stitch-gallery-single-basketweave), but after doing 12 rows of the pattern the results weren't great because the yarn I had was too large and I had messed up some of the stitches. I hadn't realized at first that when switching between knit and purl in one row, you have to put the free string back or forward, respectively. I then switched to the simple basket weave (http://www.yarnspirations.com/stitch-gallery-simple-basketweave) which was a simpler pattern and had much better results.