It's the essential guide for chicks with sticks-from the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques. Stockinette, rib, seed stitches as well as increasing and decreasing plus the stitch doctor's own special bag of tricks are included. Forty hip, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purly pros.