If you were asked to recommend ONE knitting book, the one every knitter just must have, what would that book be? 
good Question:)
Hmmmā¦this may be a dumb question, but are we talking beginning knitter or advanced knitter? Also, are we talking instructions, patterns, bothā¦:think:
See, for me, I could pick out a book for patterns a lot easier than one for instructions - for the instructions Iād invest my hard earned $$$ for Amyās videos. Pictures in books are OK, but to me thereās nothing like watching someone do something to help me to learn the techniqueā¦and I can watch it over and over and over until I get it right!:yay:
This IS a good question! I was in the bookstore for almost an hour looking at knitting books yesterday and I couldnāt choose one! I think it really depends on what you want. My first knitting book was [U]Stitch and Bitch[/U], so I usually say that. I just finished reading [U]Knitting Rules![/U] by Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee and I loved it. I want one of her other books, but of course the bookstore I was at didnāt have it. I love the Mason-Dixon book because I love the patterns, and I love [U]Cables Untangled[/U] because I have a thing for cables, but I think it really depends on what you want. Some books are just patterns, and some have a lot of commentary, which I seem to prefer. Iām really interested to see what everyone else will say, since I want a new knitting book so badly!
Iād recommend The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem Youāll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question Youāll Ever Ask by Margaret Radcliffe. I keep a copy in my knitting bag. It doesnāt take up much space and generally answers whatever question I have at the moment. In addition, I pencil notes in the margins for any other customized information Iād like to keep handy.
My favorite and most used book has been Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I had a handful of the āhow toā books and never really go back to look at them or use them.
My abolute favorite is: Vogue Knitting: The unltimate Knitting Book.
It has absolutely everything in this book that I have ever needed. It is for sure my go to book. Also, I think this is a great book, no matter what level knitter you are.
[B]Knitting Without Tears[/B] by Elizabth Zimmermanā¦hands down!!
Any Elizabeth Zimmermann book, or [I]The Sweater Workshop[/I] by Jacqueline Fee.
I second that!
Well, I would have to answer either one!! Either beginner or advanced, instructions or patternsā¦ either oneā¦ it would of course be helpful to specify to which category they belong toā¦ I just imagined that a knitter was stopped in the street and was ask to recommend the book every knitter must have. I thought many knitter would have a book to recommend among all of them 
Exactly!!! I have the same experience at the bookstore as well as online :teehee: But you are also right when you say it depends on what one wantsā¦
i would go with cables untangled. all the basics anyone can get here, but cables untangled opened up a new world for me. itās well beyond the irish hiking scarf. 
the one I loved when I started was marans Illustrated
Since then I have a Quick Tie for beginners that is "Simply Fabulous knits"
Since then, TOTALLY depends on what one is doing with their knitting at the present time. I love having a HUGE library just for that purpose.
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This is a great thread! The book I carry in my knitting bag all the time is, [U]The Knitterās Companion [/U]by Vicki Square. I use [U]The knitterās handy book of Patterns[/U] by Ann Budd a lot too.