Lol, I wish there were more yarn people of all sorts here. The few that are are such cool people.

And yes, I've started breaking things down in my head as I'm making other people's patterns to see how they come together to make the shape, flat things are so much easier than 3D shapes. Finding the confidence in myself (and time) to just sit down and start and document the steps is step one. I *think* I can do it is slowly becoming I *know* I can do it.