well it's plain to see that I can't compete with anyone on this thread. I re-taught myself how to knit and made several scarves last winter with that new fun yarn.
That's about as far as I can go. That's all the talent I had.
Here is a great website with actual videos to help you learn stitches and some advance techniques. I use it all the time and you can just keep replaying them (like I do LOL)until you get it. I'm a visual learner.
knittinghelp.com
Scarves was all I did for years and years, Queenkathy...but then I went crazy after I got married and started knitting socks...and now I sell knitting patterns (not in a big way, but I do do it.)
So don't think you're hopeless!
I just learned to knit about three weeks ago, and the ONLY stitch I know is to knit: no purl, no decrease, etc. I had to have a friend come over and show me how to "bind off" at the end or I would have had to keep knitting, LOL!
That new "fun fur" yarn is fantastic. I also have liked working with the Red Heart Bright and Lofty, because both of those yarns are good for covering up flubs, and the latter goes really quickly.