Let's get this started already!

I"ve been wanting to start another Jeanie all year now. I started experimenting in preparation for it in February.

A week ago, the time came to start my new Jeanie. Casting on turned out to be an adventure.

Casting on Take One:

• cast on 137 stitches
• count stitches--136. add one stitch.
• count stitches--136. add one stitch.
• count stitches--137.
• count stitches--137.
• start first row. come up one stitch short.
• rip out.

Casting on Take Two:

• Cast on, adding stitch markers to keep exact count.
• Knit one row.
• After examining knitting, understanding why Judy's Magic Caston is not a good replacement for the provisional caston and will not be okay.
• rip out.

Casting on Take Three:

• Cast on using a size 10 needle and replacing the waste yarn with a cable from my interchangable needle sets.
• use stitch markers to keep careful count.
• due to busy schedule, carry this around in my knitting bag a few days.
• knit the first row, carefully following pattern, at lunch time at work.
• after lunch, sit in a work session, fondling my knitting.
• discover that section one, which should be 8 stitches in length, is only 6 stitches.
• recount several times that afternoon.
• section one still continues to be 6 stitches.
• rip out.

Casting on Take Four:

• sit down with the family to knit and watch sitcoms
• cast on 20 stitches, using stitch markers to keep track
• notice I'm doing the figure 8 backwards
• rip out.

Casting on Take Five:

• cast on 40 stitches, using stitch markers to keep track
• notice I'm using a size 6 needle instead of the size 10 needle that's needed for caston
• rip out.

Casting on Take Six:

• cast on all stitches, using stitch markers to keep track
• knit first row
• knit second row
• notice that I didn't put the end cap on the interchangable needle cable, and the provisional stitches have fallen off the cable.
• rip out.

Casting on Take Seven

• cast on all 137 stitches, using stitch markers to keep track
• continue to knit.
• This time seems to be the right time!