Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.
It appears that instead of slipping the first stitch on each row, I was slipping the first stitch over the second stitch on each row. *sigh* BDR U! (that's a family thing, the school we are all alumni of, "Brain Dead 'R' Us")
So started over, got the cuff knitted again and the first three rows of the rest of the leg. Somehow it just looks a *tad* better being straight instead of looking like I'm trying to knit a triangle *best innocent look*.
My daughter (she is 21, BTW, and home working to save up enough money to go back to college) finished her scarf and likes it. I tried to ask as subtly as possible if she would be interested in a different project to work on to have a completed item when she was done instead of just the same yarn that she keep unraveling and re-knitting, and WHOOHOO! after reviewing the various types of relatively easy things to knit, she wants to do a poncho! So after reviewing the various types of ponchos and different construction methods, she has selected the Mitered Men's Poncho that will have the extra length she will need for it to cover her arms:
She will have to learn increases and decreases, and when it's done, she will have a nice poncho to wear and will stop complaining that it's freezing around here! LOL (something she gets from her mom, who thinks she might also knit herself a poncho when the baby jeans are done).