I am well aware this is a strange question.

[jackandahat]

I learned to knit as a kid, so I don't remember that much about it. Now I'm writing a character who has suddenly decided he's going to learn to knit. So. Assuming a fairly intelligent adult who does stuff with his hands (drawing, sewing), with the usual book/internet resources - how long would it take someone to learn to knit things? How long before being able to do a scarf you could wear in public, or learn to knit in the round and start on socks?

I know it's going to vary hugely from person to person, but I'm curious about guesstimates.

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[dru_evilista]

I learned as an adult, only a few months ago, from the internet and books, and the first thing I knit was a scarf. ...a ugly, randomly increasing and decreasing scarf done only in knit stitch as I can not purl to save my life, but a scarf. (My second scarf, a couple wash clothes and a bracelet have come out much better) Only took me a couple days. Of course this was after many, many, many years of trying to learn and getting upset and flinging things across the room, before a book a friend gave me(Not Your Mama's Knitting) finely got it though my head and I was able to do it.