Knitting?

I mentioned to my grandma I was wanting to learn how to knit so she sent me some knitting needles, some yarn and a couple books. I’ve also heard of a thing called the Knifty Knitter or Nifty Knitter which looks really easy to use. I plan on picking up a couple – one for me, one for my grandma who has arthritis because it’s supposed to be easy to use, even for people with arthritis plus she said she always wanted to learn to knit (or used to)but hasn’t in years because of her hands.

Any advice?

One of my husband’s cousins is pregnant again (she has a son and is expecting a girl in January 2012)so I was thinking of making her a baby blanket, plus one of my friends had her first child recently (a boy)and I want to make him a baby blanket as well. 🙂