Beauty School Dropout

Yes as a matter of fact, I AM interested in learning this. I watched Grumperina's videos the other day and would love to learn the techniques but I just feel so clumsy about it all and end up giving up, saying "what's so wrong with the way I'm knitting now?" And while I haven't yet read "Confessions" I have to admit that I'm a bit confused by it all. I seem to have pretty good tension with my current knitting methods but would love to be able to knit a bit faster... hence my interest in the combined knitting. But until I get the hang of it, it's anything BUT faster!