Very helpful. It helped me solve a dilemma shortly after purchasing it.

This is a great little book which really does have all the answers - even answers to questions I hadn't thought of asking. I have recommended the purchase of this book to a number of other kntting friends, all of whom consider it one of the best of its type. A good purchase.

I was so excited when I first saw this book that I snapped it up right away, and like most of the people who have already reviewed it, I keep it in my knitting bag. You know, for emergencies. I am, however, sad to say that this book has disappointed me time and again when I've turned to it for help and guidance. I believe this book is meant to be a reference book, that is, something you pick up and flip to the appropriate topic, rather than reading it cover to cover. The problem is that with most reference books a great deal of care and thought has been put into the book's format, organization, and indexing, the better to help the reader find what they need fast. The organization of this book is haphazard, which may or may not stem from the fact that the format is Q and A, which is not always the most straightforward way to get at a problem. The index is likewise very poor, leading me to wonder whether Ms. Radcliffe wrote it herself or whether she allowed the publisher to provide her with a professional indexer, with the latter being common and prefered practice. Every time I've tried to look something up in the index I either haven't found it or, after sheer guessing, have found it hidden under some other entry. For example, if you are new to knitting and your pattern calls for you to knit into front and back, how are you to know that looking for that topic in the index under K for Knit will yield nothing, and that you must instead look under I for Increase? Cross-referencing would help you find it faster, but there are very, very few cross-references in this index.

Perhaps a second and revised edition would be better.

I really found this book to be very informative especially with some of the hard problems. I would recommend this book as a supplement for any person who likes to knit. I think sometimes it is hard to search through so many books on the shelf when you run into a problem with a pattern or casting off or on. It is simple and straight forward with chapters written to help find the answer quickly.