Silver titles on red cloth with full color dust jacket. This book thoroughly explains all the basic procedures of knitting, from eight different ways of casting-on to the final details of blocking and lining garments. 200 pattern stitches included with detailed written instructions and over 500 illustrations show how to knit and purl, increase and decrease stitches, knit left-handed, knit with more than one color, make cables, and much else. Includes chapter on Abbreviations and Terms. This book gives all the information you need for knitting including selecting and using equipment, choosing yarn, how to knit in several different styles, how to work with other materials and much more.The total how-to manual of knitting!