This too, shall pass.......

I am working on knitting a scarf with that free yarn (the Bernat is it? the sparkly green stuff) because well, it lets me practice the knit stitch but the furriness of the yarn hides the unattractive knit pattern. However, that yarn is much hard to work with that regular yarn, even on the big needles I got. Though it is easier on the big needles than the smaller ones. Somehow I manage to pick up stitches and I have no idea how I manage that. I have to count very carefully on almost every row to make sure I have the same amount of stitches because for some reason with this yarn I pick them up or drop them very easily and I have no clue how I am doing this because I am paying very close attention. Kind of frustrating because I don't really know how to fix that in knitting.