Woodworking is a Fascinating Hobby
The majority of the skills involved in woodworking are fairly straightforward. In its most primitive form joinery is nothing more complicated than measuring, cutting to size and then fastening the bits together in a certain way.
When you are building a simple shelving unit for example it would most probably consist of two pieces of wood to create the sides followed by a number of horizontal pieces of wood to create the shelves. Building shelving units is an extremely straightforward woodworking project that almost anyone could complete without any in depth knowledge of carpentry.
Quite obviously as you progress to more difficult projects a higher degree of skill will be needed to guarantee that the item you are constructing is completed to a reasonable standard.
The point I am trying to get across to you is that you should start off with simple projects and gradually move on to more difficult projects as your skills develop.
Should you be fortunate enough to have a house with a garden you may have outdoor projects that you want doing. Outdoor constructions are an ideal starting point for anybody who wants to take up woodworking as a hobby or pastime. Generally speaking you are not trying to achieve quite such a high-quality finish on outdoor constructions as you would be trying to achieve on jobs around the house. This does not mean that projects for the garden should not be executed to a high standard but it does nonetheless give the amateur woodworker a little bit more room for minor inaccuracies. It is fair to say that you would not, for instance, expect the same accuracy and attention to detail on a garden shed as you would try to achieve on a dresser unit that was to occupy a prominent position in your lounge.
The sensible approach is to select simple joinery projects at first in order to give you the opportunity to familiarise yourself with your tools and enable you to gradually perfect your carpentry skills.