Knitting 101 - helpful hints - aka what not to do

Basically I've been trying to make this scarf for my mother for the past 2 or 3 years by now. Mostly because the first time I tried to do it, I accidentally kept on increasing the knitting counts every time I started a new row so by about the 20th row it look more like a slice of pizza rather than a wearable scarf >_<

I think I'm finally going to have a set time for everyday to do it so I apparently have to get back into it every time so I'm just going to put the links I usually review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONVQCK_-rKc

http://knitting.about.com/od/troubleshooting/qt/How-Not-To-Start-New-Row-Knitting.htm

Cast on and bind off videos coming soon