Whether you want to knit socks, use sequins and embroidery to embellish knitting, adapt a pattern to fit you beautifully or produce the perfect pocket, you can find out how to do it with this Ultimate Knitting Guide. This book teaches the basic knit and purl stitches, along with cast ons and cast offs. Once comfortable with the basic stitches, it shows how to explore structure and shaping, texture, colour work, embellishments, finishing and how to design and adapt patterns. A comprehensive chapter on finishing your projects shows you how to get that really professional look and if you do make a mistake, just flip to the Troubleshooting chapter to see how to fix it. Each chapter of this essential guide is devoted to one key area of knitting and provides clear and concise in-depth instructions along with step-by-step instructions for basic principles and more advanced techniques