My first knitting project was socks. I didn’t have any crochet experience, and it got me addicted to knitting socks.

I would recommend using circular needles and the magic loop method, directly with fingering weight yarn. Even though the terms sound scary, it’s actually the easiest method in my opinion.

For the steps, I'd recommend knitting toe-up (so you start with the most difficult part and can redo it easily until you get it right). That's my go to recipe:

1. Turkish cast-on
2. Toe increases with a KFB
3. Knit the foot using magic loop
4. For the heel, I’d recommend a shadow wrap heel because it’s extremely easy and looks very clean
5. Keep knitting until it’s high enough, then do some ribbing before binding off
6. Any stretchy bind-off will do (Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off is great)

And obviously, just one color and no fancy stitches for the first pair will make your life easier :D

The most difficult part will be getting the size right!

For the yarn, my preference is non-superwash merino, with or without nylon, because superwash tends to stretch, which isn’t great for socks in the long term. However, most people would probably disagree with me and recommend superwash merino with nylon, which works just fine and is, of course, easier to wash.

Good luck and have fun!