Acclaimed knitwear designer and author Jil Eaton offers a full knitting course with 19 essential lessons designed to help new or lapsed knitters discover the pleasures of knitting and create a variety of her signature quick-to-knit projects. She provides step-by-step technique instruction to take readers from their first stitch to knitting stripes, cables, lace, fair isle, pleats and multi-textured patterns. Each knitting lesson features one of her signature projects for men, women and children, allowing readers to practice their newly learned skills. Chapters are organised according to ability levels, so readers can easily advance at their own pace and even a novice knitter will master the craft with aplomb.