I've recently been torturing my husband by filling the tivo to the brim with knitty gritty espisodes. Although, it's not the "hipster" knitting it claims to be, the demonstrations are really helpful and informative, so watching them knit is not the total bore you might imagine (but then again, I actually like knitting). When they do a close up with the "knitty cam" (they use lots of silly terminology on the show such as calling the guests "knitsters") you do end up really understanding the subtle details of yarn overs, cabling, wrap arounds, etc that help make your knitting more interesting. If only the show wasn't so overly scripted and if the "knitsters" actually asked questions that were relevant, or talked about their own ideas and inspirations, then that would be the start of a truly engaging program on knitting (but for the record, this show is way better than "knit one, purl two" which is super dry, boring, and the host's thick french accent is insurmountable). The "knit bits" can also be somewhat informative even if the skits that accompany the info are, sorry to say it again, pretty dumb. However, I did learn a bit that has me starting my chunky biggie print kyle scarf all over yet again, geeeeee what fun. Turns out when you slip a stitch it's always "knit-wise unless it says other-wise". That's helpful and with the rhyme I may actually remember it, wish I knew that earlier. But now that I've started over, I'm not sure I see the difference? However there is this other bit "normally when stitch pattern directions tell you to slip but don’t specify knitwise or purlwise, the knitter is expected to slip the stitches purlwise" this contradictory information is causing me great angst. Anybody want to help me out with the right way to go on this issue?