I found it easy to follow along with each step of the lessons thanks to the great instruction, illustrations, and photos. This book starts out with lesson one and two teaching the very basics of how to make a slip knot, how to cast on, the basic knit stitch, and a bit more. The first project you are encouraged to try is a simply scarf embellished with homemade pom-poms. It was easy to refer back to what I had learned in the first two lessons to complete this project.
Other than the introduction and the basic knitting information presented at the beginning, and end, of this book, the book is made up of 19 lessons. Each lesson teaches you one or more new knitting skills and then provides a project so you can practice those skills. The first seven lessons are categorized at for beginners, the next six lessons the author calls intermediate, and the final six lessons are more advanced skills and projects. The books projects start out with a basic scarf and end with a latticework tank top.
I can honestly say, even though I am an unenthusiastic knitter, I enjoyed this knitting book and it had me doing the basics and making a scarf very quickly, and looking forward to learning new skills and moving onto more complex projects. Perhaps one day I will graduate to lessons 14 - 19.
