There are 3 things I think important to tell beginners. It doesn't hurt to remind more experienced stitchers of these either.
1. Relax. This is supposed to be fun. You can't have a good time if you have your hands choking the tool or the yarn.
If you need a relaxer, like a massage or cake or a sip of a beverage of choice, most won't say anything. Maybe try learning with some friends or family members? Laughter makes things fun.
2. This is just stick(s) and string. No one will die or suffer from a catastrophe if a mistake is made.
Unless you are working with a very sticky yarn (think mohair) your first time through, you can rip back mistakes. Mohair will take some convincing and time. Don't want to take the time? Cut the yarn and start over. Sometimes if you are practicing between classes and consistently making the same mistake, cutting and starting over with new yarn is good. Show the teacher those snippets and the teacher can see what you are doing. The other option, after showing the teacher, is to own what you are doing and call it a design feature.
3. If you don't like the project, the yarn, the tool, the whole thing of knitting and/or crocheting, you don't have to continue with it.
No one has to make something they don't like or actually hate. No one has to use yarn or tools that they can't control, don't like, or hurts your hands or eyes. If you don't like knitting or crocheting, stop. The only exception I can come up with is if you hate a particular color or fiber and this is a gift and the recipient asks for it. But you might come to an agreement about it.
I will say that even if you hate pastels, use them at first for practice since it is easy for you and your teacher to see any mistakes being made or how stitches are formed. Dark colors make learning difficult.
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