This is almost the perfect knitting reference book, everything well illustrated with easy to use diagrams and photographs. The writing style is gentle and direct, never didactic or berating, presenting alternatives in an easy to read style. It covers all the information you need both to get started and for more complicated kitting techniques, including:
- equipment
- yarns including how to read a wool ball band
- a variety of cast ons and offs
- knit and purl stitch including variations such as continentals and left handed knitting
- simple stitches such as moss and rib
- edge stitches
- joining in yarn
- shaping, increases, decreases, sizing, corners, pleats, tucks, bias and socks
- reading patterns and charts, abbreviations and terminology
- texture, including cables, crossed stitches, twists, bobbles and lace knitting
- colour, including stripes, intarsia, charts and fair isle
- embellishments, including beading, sequins, fringing, cords, pom poms, felting, crochet and embroidery
- finishing techniques, including grafting, seams, bands, hems, facings, buttonholes, buttons, zips and linings
- troubleshooting, including dropped stitches, unravelling work, uneven knitting, mending, correcting colour and cables
- designing and adapting patterns, including calculating stitches and rows, graphing, altering and designing
- glossary and index
My only slight complaint would be the size, it's quite big and I would like a little portable version, maybe spiral bound, but I do understand that big and clear would also be a distinct advantage.
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