I have a knitting instruction book. It is useful. Here are simple instructions helps beginner:Knitting needles:
Knitting needles are used in pairs to produce a flat knitted fabric. They are pointed at one end to form the stitches and have a knob at the other end to retain the stitches. They may be made in plastic, wood, steel or alloy and range in size from 2mm to 17 mm in diameter. In the UK needles uses to be sized by numbers - the higher the number, the smaller the needle. Metric sizing has now been adopted almost everywhere. Needles are also made in different lengths. Choose a length that will comfortably hold the stitches required for each project.It is usefull to have a range of sizes so that tension swatches can be knitted up and compared. Discard any needles that become bent. Points should be fairly sharp, blunt needles reduce the speed and ease of working.
Circular and double-pointed needles are used to produce a tubular fabric of flat rounds. Many traditional fisherman's sweaters are knitted in the round. Double-pointed needles are sold in sets of four or six. Circular needles consist of two needless joined by a flexible length of plastic. The plastic varies is length. Use the shorter lengths for knitting sleeves, neckband etc, and the longer lengths for larger pieces such as sweater and skirts.
Needle gauges are punched with holes corresponding to needle sizes and are marked with both the old numerical sizing and the metric sizing so you can easily check the size of any needle
Stitch holders resemble large safety pins and are used to hold stitches while they are not being worked, for example, around a neckline when the neckband stitches will be picked up and worked after back and front have been joined. As an alternative, thread it through the stitches to be held while they are still on the needble, then slip the stitches off the needle and knot both ends of the contrast yarn together.
Wool sewing needles are used to sew completed pieces of knitting together/ They are large with a broad eye for easy threading and a blunt-pointed that will slip between the knitted stitches without spliting and fraying the yarn. Do not use sharp pointed sewing needles to sew up knitting. A tapestry needle is also suitable.
A row counter is used to count the number of rows that have been knitted. It is a cylinder with a numbered dial that is pushed onto the needle and the dial is turned at the completion of each row.
A tape measure is essential for checking tension swatches and for measuring the length and width of completed knitting. For an accurate result, always smooth knitting out (without stretching) on a firum flat surface before measuring it.
A crochet hook is use full for picking up for dropped stitches
(Quotation from '440 more knitting stitches's book)
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