a word to the wise....
After making the obligatory fruit bowl at school I took a few years off for chasing girls and soldiering before returning to turning in exactly the same way as yourself. I used any tool for anything, sharp or, much more likely, blunt. I continued in this fashion for some years... and got quite accomplished at wood butchery. Years later I got a little money together and treated myself to my first woody course.
What lesson did I bring away with me?
I had hit the butchery glass ceiling and to progress I would need to unlearn just about everything I had taught myself and start over.
This is quite the most frustrating route to becoming a woody, believe me.
What you need is someone to take you under their wing and steer you in the right direction. Joining a club is the obvious method. Telling this forum where abouts you are on the planet and then crossing you fingers is another.
If you are anywhere near the East Coast PM me
All the best, Noob.
Brian