The Rose's Grove

I know I have a bunch of knitter friends here, so does anybody have some really great resources (videos, blog posts, whatever) for learning provisional cast-on?

I'd prefer the method that doesn't involve a crochet hook because I seemed to be almost getting that one but not quite catching on well enough to repeat it consistently. But for some reason every video on YouTube is either out of focus, too far away from the hands of the person demonstrating, too fast, or all three.

For those who might be interested, I've just joined Ravelry as rivendellrose, and would be happy of more friends over there. ♥ In other knitting news I'm almost finished with the main knitting on my Ravenclaw scarf (version 2.0, a million times better than the one I made in college) - I still have to finish up, do the fringe, and weave in my loose ends, but the B5 rewatch has been great for my productivity.

In other news, we had a major weather shift here in Seattle the last few days, and today I developed a sinus headache, dizziness, and some heart palpitations to go with it. Loooovely stuff, let me tell you. I skipped the gym this evening, and am going to bed early, because I really really really want to be totally recovered from whatever this is by Thursday, when The Boy and I start taking a swing dancing class at the local dance studio. I've never taken a full, formal course on swing before, so this'll be a good refresher for me - I picked it up all in a few short lessons back in high school, but I adore it and can't wait to get back into it.

And now to work on the Secret Project for a little while before I disappear to bed. I think I'm on-target for my deadline, but I really don't want to fall behind. ♥