For beginning knitters, I recommend some plain, light-colored, worsted weight (that's the "regular" stuff - not too thick, not too thin) wool and some #8 or #9 needles. Don't get too caught up in the exact size specified on your label (we'll get more into that later.)
Practice casting on and knitting until you have the hang of it. Be sure to count your stitches at the end of each row to make sure you're not adding/ deleting any stitches as you go.
Then review your source - be it books or online guide (see sidebar for sources) - and give purling a hand. Note that purling requires that your yarn be at the FRONT of your needles before you work the stitch ... forgetting this is the cause of many beginners adding stitches they didn't mean to add!
Notice that you really don't need to have a pattern or even a goal in mind at this point. Please don't set out to make a sweater or a king-sized blanket - it's really quite pleasant to just work through some yarn until you get a feel for knitting and purling. Soon your stitches will begin to have a wonderful evenness to them - then you're ready to start fussing with patterns and such!
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