"Freeze-frame step-by-step pictures 25 teaching videos to view online. This innovative knitters' manual is a perfect combination of a timeless handbook enhanced with an amazing series of accompanying online tutorials. Learn techniques direct from the book or by viewing video tutorials, moving effortlessly between the two by virtue of a simple indexing system. Follow techniques on the move using your smartphone to access the online tutorials quickly via QR codes, or via the internet on your laptop or netbook. It's like having a knitting expert sitting beside you! Learn key skills such as how to read patterns and charts, which needles to choose, how to hold your yarn and choose the right yarn, cast on, bind off, essential stitches, and making up. A wide range of knitting techniques including lace, cables, textured patterns, colorwork, beaded knitting, and embellishments will be a great reference for beginner and experienced knitters alike."--Publisher.