Well it took me about 3 nights before I managed to get any knitting on my needles. I first taught myself how to do the Italian cast-on, and then with 2 colours! Going straight into the pattern with no ribbing was also a challenge. Each second stitch is slipped with a yo, so on the first row everything gets twisted. What a nightmare.
So very carefully I finally managed to get started, following the pattern row by row. Two rows in one direction, then two back in the other direction. As with any pattern when you’re starting out, it’s hard to see how the pattern works. My biggest problem was working out if I was doing a plain row or a purl row (barking or burping) Except for the colour both sides of the work are identical. I had to make myself lots of ittle diagrams with different coloured pens, and arrows trying to make sense of it. After reversing the colours a couple of times accidentally it eventually dawned on me. The predominant colour facing is a knit row with that colour, followed by a purl row with the contrasting colour. Brilliant! 
It’s a scarf by the way, with just 30 stitches – not too many to undo when I make a mistake. Because I unintentionally changed colours at the beginning I’m now using that as my pattern - random colour changes.
‘Bark’ is brioche knit stitch and ‘burp is brioche purl stitch.
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