Weird shit you can't figure out when you're just starting knitting

I have been teaching myself how to spin (on a spinning wheel, nothing to do with a stationary bike) and in doing so it's reminding me how frustrated I was when I was teaching myself how to knit. I kept having issues but didn't know how to even phrase my problem into a query that I could search. And meanwhile in the tutorials, Perky Miss Perkmeister: Knitmaster 3000 would click clack along at a million miles an hour, never running into the same problems since she was clearly born with inherent knowledge and acumen. As I continue to spin, I'd like to post something in a similar vein but for now I'm starting with my fiber roots: knitting. This is not a how-to-knit. You can find that anywhere. This is a collection of solutions to the problem/s: why the actual fuck is...

• the yarn doing this?
• this tutorial saying x when others y?
• my project suddenly across the room where I threw it with impressive force?

Oh. And I guess I'll warn you, albeit too late. Unless your grandmother also swears like a sailor, this ain't your grandma's knitting blog.

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