Crafts help wanted

[percival]

I know that some of you ladies are quite into crafts etc. I'm not - I quite literally have two left hands. Nevertheless, I would like to be able to do some simple things, like knit really simple patterns, sew, be able to darn socks and stockings. I am now teaching myself to knit, and I am stuck. I can't seem to be able to purl. I'm waiting for Stitch'n'Bitch at the moment, but my hunch is that I am so incredibly miserably stupidly dumb when it comes to anything manual that I would really benefit from some hands-on help. One day, I want to knit my daughter a teddy. And I want to demonstrate to her that you don't have to be 100% top at something to be able to do it and even enjoy it a little.

So, anyone in the Edinburgh area? Hello? Help?