STITCH DICTIONARIES
Norah Gaughan's Knitted Cable Sourcebook: A Breakthrough Guide to Knitting with Cables and Designing Your Own by Norah Gaughan (Abrams, 2016)
Explore the wide world of cable knitting through Norah Gaughan's valuable source book. Work your way up from basic to complex stitch patterns, and learn how you can add your own embellishments to patterns.
Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible: 260 Exquisite Patterns by Hitomi Shida & Translated by Gayle Roehm (Tuttle Publishing, 2017)
A well-loved and widely used resource in the knitting community, Shida's stitch guide offers a large range of patterns that can be incorporated into projects or used to design your own. This resource is also an excellent way to practice reading pattern diagrams and features some fun project patterns as a bonus!
Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Stitch Dictionary
by The Editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine (Sixth&Spring Books, 2021)
Run into a stitch in a pattern and unsure how to knit it? Vogue's dictionary is a great reference guide to help demystify new stitches that you come across as you build your knitting skills. Most patterns are helpfully featured in both written and chart form. This dictionary also includes a helpful index and clear pictures for ease of use.