"Featuring more than 190 stitches, 125 tutorials, 98 techniques"--Cover

Before you stitch: Making fabric ; Tools ; Hooks ; Yarn ; Picking up hook and yarn ; Pattern reading ; Chart reading ; The swatch -- Making stitches: First stitches made ; First stitches of a row ; Foundation stitches ; Variations on basic stitches ; Shaping ; Variations on increase and decrease stitches -- Beyond the basics: Motifs ; Cables ; Colorwork ; Pattern stitches -- Finishing: Blocking ; Special techniques ; Before you sew ; Seams and joins ; Buttonholes ; Zippers -- The projects: My first cardi ; Colowork throw ; Rectangle wrap vest ; Signature vests ; Drape front cardigan -- Resources: Worksheets ; Charts and guides ; Stitch chart symbols master key ; Material resources

Includes index