I am a newbie knitter. I was thinking about buying a knitting book or a couple knitting magazines. Which are your favorites and are they better for beginners or more advanced knitters?
[COLOR=Blue]Magazine:[/COLOR][B] Interweave Knits[/B]
[COLOR=Blue]Reference Books: [/COLOR] anything [B]Nicky Epstein[/B]
[COLOR=Blue]Pattern Leaflets/Booklets for Kids:[/COLOR] anything [B]SIRDAR[/B]
[COLOR=Blue]Pattern Stitch Book:[/COLOR] The Knitting Stitch Bible
[COLOR=Blue]‘Finishing’ Book:[/COLOR] The Knitter’s Book of Finishing Techniques
[COLOR=Blue]Overall ‘Variety’ Book:[/COLOR] Mason-Dixon Knitting Book 1
and Mason-Dixon Knitting, Book 2.
Oh, Artlady. Good choices! I agree ALL the way. 
Overall reference: Knitter’s Handbook by Montse Stanley. For most of my knitting life (30+ years) the only book I had was Barbara Abbey’s The Complete Book of Knitting. I still like it.
I see most of these suggestions are for reference books. Add this site to the top! Easy to use, plenty of support and the price is unbelievable!!:woot:
As for magazines, Creative Knitting is okay and I really like Knit n Style.
Well for me, I loved the book Itty Bitty Hats by Susan Anderson. I had only been knitting a few days when I got that book, and it was really great for a beginner. Lots of cute projects and very insightful!!
Amazon keeps suggesting this (non-reference) book to me which has knitting cartoons in it. I haven’t bought it but it looks really cute:
I came across this book years ago, and I’ve made one or two of them. If I had the money to get more of the proper yarn for them, I’d make more!!!
[B]The Celtic Collection: Twenty-five Knitwear Designs for Men and Women [/B]by Alice Starmore