[Marilyn]

Melissa, it's not hard at all, and using the larger needles and yarn, you can make things very quickly. When I was in high school, I used to make purses in one night. When you get home in May, I'll show you the basics and we can head to Hobby Lobby to find some fun stuff.

Here are a couple of websites that show you the basics. The second one probably has the simplist approach.

http://www.learntoknit.com/instructions_kn.php3
http://www.theyarnco.com/instruction.php

The thing that I like about small knit and crochet projects is that you can do them just about anywhere. Puts time waiting at doctor's offices, airports, etc. to good constructive use.