As a novice knitter, this has been a wonderful reference tool for me. I rely on this book and Maran Illustrated Knitting and Crocheting. The depth and range of the topics in The Ultimate Knitting Book will address all of your questions - beginner to advanced. However as a visual learner, I prefer the visuals in the Maran Illustrated Knitting and Crocheting.

This is the ultimate knitting book. I am a fairly advanced knitter, and this book helped me get there- I can make beautiful invisible seams now, which makes a sweater look 'handmade' instead of 'homemade', if you get what I mean! Finishing techniques are what makes an item look sleek and beautiful, and this book is the place to learn those techniques.

Lots of information here, but it really needs a better index.

I bought this book on a recommendation from my local yarn shop because I was a new knitter. I couldn't for the life of me find some techniques listed because they were under a different name that I wasn't aware of. I now know that some basic stitches and techniques have more then one COMMON name.

Some of the techniques that are basic should have better, step by step pictures also (psso for instance). People refer to this as the knitting bible or the "book to have for new knitters" but it's not very helpful for new people.