It’s a 20-year old book, and times have changed … but, I beg you, don’t let its lack of hipness keep you from at least taking a look at this book. The current crop of learn-to-knit books are edgier, hipper, trendier, and there’s nothing wrong with that or with them, but this book was miles ahead of the dry, textbook-like books I’d seen before. And if it weren’t for this book, I would never have become hooked on knitting. That should tell you a lot, right there.