On Jul 29, 10:28 am, RLM wrote:

Learn to crochet. Make the first project mittens without thumbs.
Then increase the size of the hook.
It all starts with a simple slip knot.

There have been articles in Wooden Boat about doing this. Plus, buy
The Ashley Book of Knots and you'll have many, many times more project
ideas than you'll ever have time for.