I'm getting anxious.
Is it too late to return the book?
Maybe if you start with something really hard, you'll give up before you're sucked in. Mittens ought to do it. You'll either learn to make them, or turn yourself into a human pincushion with the DPNs! (Double Point Needles)
Oh, heck, you know it's already too late. I'll tell you my favorite part of knitting. Picking out which needles to use! I use the aluminum ones, because they're so pretty and they remind me of Christmas! So, today I was putting the blue cuffs on the red mittens. I needed size 3 DPNs, and I had red, bright blue (not the navy ones, I hate them, they're so dark!) and gold. I must have spent 10 minutes deciding which ones to use. Natch, I picked the red ones! So bright, so pretty.
There, feel better now? :)