I'm surprised that none of the Rabble offered this suggestion "Can you knit?"

I've picked up the needles again after nearly 20 years of not knitting-(Mom [rest her soul] was a great knitter) just so I can try my hand at knitting a pair of hose to my liking. Still working on my sample squares-having a devil of a time maintaining the proper tension. They are either too tight or too loose. Maybe I just need to find a nice quite place away from distractions and give it another go.