Kaley is a novice.

        So I have this cheesey idea of blogging "Work it Wednesdays" where I try to make something I have never done, work. Everyone should be able to step out of their comfort zone to try something new. I always get irritated by all the people who are such picky eaters because they won't even try a taste of something because it doesn't smell good or look good or something. I will never forget the time that this kid Cameron in my class refused to try puppy chow. He loved reeses and rice crispies and thats all there is to them when you add a little powdered sugar! For those of you who have had puppy chow, you know how amazing it is! I have never met anyone who didn't like it. I mean it's stinkin' delicious and now Cameron is seventeen years old and he is walking the world without puppy chow in his life. Now thats depressing. You never know until you try it! So my plan is to have something new to do or eat or make every Wednesday. I love trying new things, especially ethnic food. Countries are so cool in that their food is diverse from all the other places in the world. That is one of my favorite things about traveling to other countries. One of my favorite ethnic dishes is a soup called Pho from Vietnam. It's a beef stew and I love putting extra lemons, onions and sriracha sauce in it. If you have never had it then it's time for you to step out of your comfort zone! It's almost as life changing as puppy chow.

        So to start off Work It Wednesdays, I decided to teach Kaley how to knit. I know I am suppose to be the one who learns and blogs about it from the experience but teaching her how to knit was an opportunity! She used my size eight, metal knitting needles and casted on fifteen stitches. By a couple rows later, she had added sixteen more stitches to hit a total of thirty-eight. It was so funny. When I learned how to knit in October, I had done the same exact thing! I was making a washcloth for my mom as my first project and was dropping stitches every couple rows and it looked terrible. My work was all over the place and my washcloth looked more like a trapezoid than a square! It was quite embarrassing. But Kaley's work was neat and looked really great, despite the fact that she had added stitches. Learning how can be a little tricky but after your first project, it goes by really fast. I wish I had taken a photo to show you of Kaley's work but I missed out. Oops. But Kaley is a novice and I was so proud to be her instructor today. She did just swell.