First things first, we need to learn the origami patternssymbols used to direct paper folding. Ask me how I know. Ha!
I thought I could just grab a pattern and start folding my paper by looking at the drawings. It was a pattern for a CD pouch and was supposed to take ten minutes. Over an hour later I was completely lost.
It called for valley folds and mountain folds. Well, okay. I encountered arrows with closed triangles on one end. Hmm. Then there was the instruction to pull trapped layers out. What? Where?