My Knitting Goal

I would love to be able to create my own knitting patterns - to imagine a garment and easily work out how to knit it. I'm not sure where I could learn this skill. Some of the knitting books I've been perusing give hints on modifying garments.

One book I bought recently explains how to create garments top down, the opposite way garments are normally knit.

There are instructions for garments I never ever thought of knitting - like skirts and reversible pants.

Perhaps I should simply try to follow the instructions in one of its chapters and see where it leads me...

(Following instructions would be a real discipline for me!)