Hi there!  One of my favorite hobbies is to knit which is using yard to make garments.
I have always wanted to learn to knit! Do you have any recommendations on how to get started?
You can knit with a machine or by hand.  I would select one of those options first.
I would like to learn by hand. What would you recommend I do to begin learning?
There are likely many tutorials online to help you learn, like at youtube. 
Is that where you went when you started learning?
Yes, because it offered a wide variety pf user-generated videos on knitting that helped me to learn.