yes, i thought it might be a "get on with it, rather than puzzling it out" type of thing.
kntting backwards sounds mad, but fun. might have to have a go...
i've got several random balls of karaoke in red/black, too. great minds... you sold me on that, with the mermaid mix - knitting a cardi in it as we speak (my geeky DNA/chromosomes cardi).