I bought this at Half-Price Books several years ago and promptly stuck it in the back of a closet. Found it again two weekends ago and figured it was time to give knitting a try. This book, however, was not as helpful as I had hoped it would be. I managed to figure out single cast-on, but could not make enough sense of the instructions to get a basic knit stitch started.* There are a couple of interesting patterns at the back of the book that I might try out, but otherwise I was pretty disappointed with this.

I had much better luck with Red Heart's free ebook Knitting Made Easy (learned knit stitch) and [b:The Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting: Learn to Knit with More Than 30 Cool Easy Patterns|2213050|The Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting Learn to Knit with More Than 30 Cool, Easy Patterns|Nancy Queen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312026791s/2213050.jpg|2218838] (learned binding off). I'm still working on my first actual project - a basic scarf in knit stitch.

* I've always been somewhat spatially challenged -- and I'm left-handed. FWIW, after reading the lefty instructions, I decided to just learn knitting right-handed. I already use scissors and mouse right-handed, and the thought of spending the rest of my life trying to figure out instructions backwards was NOT APPEALING. ( )