Just so people know. . .

By the way, since I linked to a Campari commercial, I should probably let y'all know what Campari IS, in case you end up buying some because of the commercial.

It's an extremely bitter, slightly sweet aperitif liqueur. It's sometimes drunk over ice just the way it is, the way the first actor had it in the glass, but that's very rare. That's a REAL acquired taste. It's more commonly mixed with orange juice, although it's still very bitter that way.

Probably one of the best ways to use it is as an accent note in another drink. You can use it the way you would use Angustora or orange bitters, in a Manhattan or some martini variations. A Negroni is a sweet martini (i.e., a martini with sweet vermouth) and Campari. You could also do a Perfect Negroni -- gin, equal parts sweet and dry vermouth, and Campari.

So, once again, I'm attempting to teach myself to knit.

I get the concept just fine. I even get the motions.

I just can't keep anything approaching constant tension in my yarn, so my stitches are totally all kinds of different sizes.

The other thing I notice is that, as I knit, the yarn gets looser and looser wound. I suspect this has something to do with me being left-handed, although my gut-level grasp of topology isn't good enough for me to be certain about that.

But now I'm wondering if there's such a thing as left-handed yarn.