I have a how-to-knit book, ditto a DVD and had planned to start to learn the day the first snow fell. I have been stockpiling yarn and am really happy to see this group meeting on Fridays. You're my inspiration to try it before the snow flies.... Is it possible to learn from the how-to books when I know nada about knitting?
It probably counts at how good you are at teaching yourself how to do stuff...I basically taught myself, with a couple of people giving me pointers along the way.