Not at all - haven't done it in about twenty years and wasn't any good then!
I might give the Smurf my jumper that I machine washed by mistake - it should fit him 
My boss who retired a couple of years ago was good at knitting, he particularly liked to knit quite intricate patterns such as celtic knots. The problem was his colour-blindness - his clothes used to have th most bizarre colour combinations which looked great to him!
