I quite often hear from people who are just getting started in the hobby. Many times they've found me through a Google search and are looking for help. The questions are typically "Why can't I get ______ to work?"
This hobby can be really discouraging at first because there are a lot of things that could go wrong. As a beginner you have no way of knowing what's going wrong - just that it's not working.
My best advice for you is DON'T LET THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF GETTING STARTED KEEP YOU FROM ENJOYING THIS HOBBY! Everyone goes through a learning phase where they wonder if it's really possible to do this stuff or if everyone in the world is playing some kind of cruel hoax on me. LOL! Trust me, you can do it, you just need to stick with it, ask questions, read, watch, try some more, and build upon the successes you do have.
Pretty soon you'll be doing all kinds of stuff and you'll see someone that's a newbie posting questions like yours and you'll smile and offer them a hand. We offer a terrific "getting started" section on ArtisticThreadWorks and right now it's free and open to buests. Just take a look at this section of ATW called "Getting Started"
