My First Knitting Swatch

LOL, I finally got around to learning how to knit and this is what I created after watching a few minutes of a video I borrowed from the library. Aww, my first stockinette stitch :P

Two observations about knitting:

(1) It's super confusing that a stitch itself is called a knit stitch or a purl stitch (and as far as I can tell those are really the only two "stitches" in knitting and every pattern is based on these two basics--kinda fascinating in itself to this newbie), but the product of creating these stitches in succession is also called a "stitch," i.e. garter stitch is repeating knit or purl stitches over and over again across multiple rows and stockinette stitch is what results when you alternate rows of knit stitches with rows of purl stitches. What the heck?

(2) Knitting is more complicated to learn than crochet, IMHO. It's harder to fix mistakes, more manipulation of the yarn is required, and it's not as fast as crocheting. All that said, I'm enjoying adding it to my crafting arsenal because the final products often have a more orderly look to them than crochet and it's just cool to learn something new.