Here are just some of my favorites -- 

All of these books and magazines have a home on my own bookshelves -- and I love to read them all.  Try the links below and then surf the web for lots of other sites, books, & magazines that might be just your cup of tea!  Also note that I haven't been buying many of the brand new books that are out - so be sure to check other sources for some of the fabulous new books.  And a number of the books below may be out-of-print, but if you can't find a book and would like to see it -- then bring the title and author to your local public library and I bet they can find it for you on interlibrary loan.

WEBSITE LINKS

MISCELLANEOUS KNITTING

• http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Hobbies___Crafts/Crafts/Knitting -- the home of several knitting email lists, connecting a wide community of knitters around the world; I'm a member of the knitlist email list and enjoy exchanging emails
• http://knitting.about.com/hobbies/knitting/mbody.htm -- lots of knitting stuff
• http://www.fibergypsy.com/TechKnit/  -- bills itself as the "no chat knitting and spinning list"
• http://www.knitnet.com/ -- an online knitting pattern magazine
• http://www.lacis.com/ -- source of lace making information & supplies (for all kinds of lace making, not just knitting)
• http://schoolhousepress.com/ -- the homepage for Elizabeth Zimmerman and her daughter Meg Swanson
• http://www.patternworks.com -- source of lots of yarn stuff, good resource site
• http://www.knittingcenter.com/resources.php -- links to free knitting patterns
• And the list of links could go on and on -- start with the above
  

MAGAZINES

•  Anna -- http://www.glpnews.com/Crafts/Anna.html -- A wonderful magazine with lots of charted designs in knitting and other textile techniques -- charts because it's an international magazine.  Originally German I think, but available in English

• Knits - http://www.interweave.com/knit/knits/ every issue has helpful info, inspiring articles, features & patterns

• Knitter's - http://www.knittinguniverse.com/ -- every issue has helpful info; website has lots of information, including info on knitting events, knitting pro profiles, Ask Athena, the Knitting Universe email list, etc.; I belong to the knitu email list and enjoy it very much; magazine is very inspirational with "Yarns", "Knitter's School", many columns, patterns, and feature articles on knitting design and techniques

• Vogue Knitting - http://www.vogueknitting.com -- every issue has helpful info, inspirational; has a "Stitch Glossary", "How to" & patterns and columns by fabulous knitters

• Knit 'N Style - http://www.knitnstyle.com -- the print and online magazine include lots of helpful info; look for patterns featuring the newest yarns, book reviews, feature articles; a free pattern or two

CHARITY KNITTING AND CRAFTING 

• http://charitablecrafters.org/  -- this is a fabulous site for inspiration, where and how to donate hand-crafted items, and many, many patterns in a variety of fiber & textile crafts.  I know the creator of this organization - she's an amazing connection between those who can create and those who need.

BOOKS 

   BASICS

• ..., Vogue Knitting, Pantheon Books, New York, 1989.  A great combo with other basics books -- if you have several, you can always find the answer to any knitting question you may have

• Falick, Melanie, Kids Knitting: Projects for Kids of All Ages, Artisan, New York, 1998.  You do want to inspire the kiddies, don't you?

• Liddle, Peggy, Finishing For Pride and Pleasure.  No publisher or year, but good basic book, I bought it at a local yarn shop

• Melville, Sally, The Knitting Experience Book 1: The Knit Stitch, XRX Books, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2002.

• Melville, Sally, The Knitting Experience Book 2: The Purl Stitch, XRX Books, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, about 2003 (interesting that I can't find the "back of the title page" that usually includes this info - it seems to be missing from this book).

• Stanley, Montse, The Handknitter's Handbook, Sterling Publishing, New York, 1986.  The top of my list of basic knitting reference books, I always check here first

• Thomas, Mary, Mary Thomas's Knitting Book, Dover Press, New York, 1972.  Republication of 1938 book; interesting techniques

• Thomas, Mary, Mary Thomas's Book of Knitting Patterns.  Dover Publications, New York, 1972.  Republication of 1943 book; includes patterns, pattern stitches, and photographs of old knitting

   HOW TO DESIGN PROJECTS

• Elalouf, Sion, The Advanced Knitting Architect, Knitting Fever, 1982.  My favorite sweater design book

• Erickson, Mary Anne and Eve Cohen, Knitting by Design, Bantam Books, New York, 1986.  I like to combine all of the sweater design books & use the best of each

• Fee, Jacqueline, The Sweater Workshop, Interweave Press, Loveland, Colorado, 1983.  Another design book with its own charms

• Michelson, Carmen and Mary-Ann Davis, The Knitter's Guide to Sweater Design,  Interweave Press, Loveland, Colorado, 1989.  Lots of sweater design info

• Walker, Barbara G. Knitting From The Top, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972.  THE must have if you want to learn to knit garments from the shoulders down.  I knit almost every sweater this way -- it's a technique I heartily endorse

   FUN & INSPIRATION

• Bergman, Deborah, The Knitting Goddess, Hyperion, New York, 2000.  Great description of knitting's ties to the spirit of all the fiber-oriented ancient goddesses.  I don't like her need to teach left-handers to knit left handed -- I prefer to teach them to just hold their yarn in their left hand (continental or picker style) and then they're using both hands equally and don't have to reinterpret any knitting patterns

• Lydon, Susan Gordon, The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1997.  A lovely read about the soothing and spirit side of knitting

• Rendell, Ruth,   The Veiled One, Ballantine Books, New York, 1980.  A mystery novel in which the murder weapon is a knitting needle

• Rutt, Richard, A History of Hand Knitting, Interweave Press, Loveland, Colorado, 1987.  Rutt is the Bishop of Leicester, England, of all things -- and he can write a good book!

   INSPIRATION FOR DESIGNERS

• Fassett, Kaffe. Glorious Needlepoint, Crown Publishers, New York, 1987.  All needlepoint, but still inspiring - color and design-wise

• Phillips, Mary Walker, Creative Knitting, Van Norstrand Reinhold, New York, 1971.  Intriguing book of techniques and modern lace wall hanging panels

   KNITTING PATTERNS

• Bush, Nancy, Folk Socks: The History & Techniques of Handknitted Footwear, Interweave Press, Loveland, Colorado, 1994.  Lovely patterns and discussions of socks in all their variations

• Dandanell, Birgitta and Ulla Danielsson, Twined Knitting: A Swedish Folkcraft Technique, Interweave Press, Loveland, Colorado, 1989.  A wonderfully warm two-stranded knitting technique perfect for mittens

• Falick, Melanie D., Knitting in America, Artisan, New York, 1996.  A great tour or America's designers and their designs, including a friend of mine

• Fassett, Kaffe. Glorious Knits, Clarkson N. Potter, in the U.S.- Crown Publishers, New York, 1985.  A feast for the eyes and the beginning of a revolution in color knitting.  This American designer lives in England and does wonderful things with simple knitting.  If his exhibit ever comes to your local art museum, RUN (do not walk) to be there on opening day and as many days after that as you can!

• Fassett, Kaffe. Glorious Color, Crown Publishers, New York, 1988.  A mix of needlepoint and knitting; some duplication of previous two books, but worth having if you love color

• Fassett, Kaffe. Family Album, Crown Publishers, New York.  I couldn't find the year, but it has to be 1989 or 1990.  In like vein to his previous knitting book, includes children's designs, too

• Fassett, Kaffe, Kaffe's Classics, Little, Brown, & Company, Boston, 1993.  A redo of some patterns, but still so inspiring!

• Hanson, Robin, Flying Geese and Partridge Feet, Down East Books, Camden, Maine, 1986.  Interesting mitten techniques and histories

• Keele, Wendy, Poems of Color: Knitting in the Bohus Tradition, Interweave Press, 1995.  A fun technique that combines color and texture

• Ligon, Linda, ed., Homespun Handknit: Caps, Socks, Mittens, & Gloves,  Interweave Press, Loveland, Colorado, 1987.  Wonderful patterns in a variety of techniques

• Rattner, The Official Knit-A-Dress-A-Day Knitting Book, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1968.  An outrageous look at high fashion knitting in the late '60s - knit a minidress on jumbo needles, then learn how to crochet ping-pong ball covers and use them on your fashions

• Royce, Beverly, Notes on Double Knitting, Schoolhouse Press, Pittsville, Wisconsin, 1994.  Circular knitting done on straight needles via a unique technique

• Starmore, Alice,  Aran Knitting,  Interweave Press, Loveland, Colorado, 1997.  History, techniques, cable patterns, and sweater patterns of these lovely cabled sweaters

• Starmore, Alice, The Celtic Collection, Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vermont, 1993.  I actually almost made one of these luscious sweaters (that's rare for a sweater designer to say!), but I did make much use of this book in designing some of my own.  She's a wonderful teacher, too!

• Takle, Tone and Lise Kolstad, Sweaters: 28 Contemporary Designs in the Norwegian Tradition, Interweave Press, 1992.  Amazingly colorful adaptations of those wonderful Norwegian sweaters

• Zilboorg, Anna, Magnificent Mittens: The Beauty of Warm Hands, XRX books, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1998.  Lovely multicolored mittens, many with gauntlet cuffs

• Zimmerman, Elizabeth, Knitting Workshop, Schoolhouse Press, Pittsville, Wisconsin, 1981.  EZ is the ultimate sensible and "unvent"ive knitter

• Zimmerman, Elizabeth, Knitting Around, Schoolhouse Press, Pittsville, Wisconsin, 1989.  EZ's story as well as many of her best patterns

   LACE KNITTING

• Don, Sarah,  The Art of Shetland Lace, Lacis, Berkeley, California, 1991.  A good collection of patterns and pictures of lovely lace

• Hewitt, Furze and Billie Daley, Classic Knitted Cotton Edgings, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, England, 1987.  The best collection of lace edging patterns that I know of

• Khmeleva, Galina and Carol R. Noble, Gossamer Webs: The History and Techniques of Orenburg Lace Shawls, Interweave Press, 1998.  History, techniques, and patterns for a lovely Russian lace

• Kinzel, Marianne, First Book of Modern Lace Knitting, Dover Publications, New York. 1972.  Another of Dover's great craft books.  A good source of patterns for lace tablecloth and lace household items; look also for the second book which has more tablecloths

• Waterman, Martha, Traditional Knitted & Lace Shawls, Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1993.  One of many wonderful shawl books out there

   STITCH PATTERN & KNITTING CHART COLLECTIONS

• . 1500 Patterns. Mon Tricot, Pingouin, Jamestown, South Carolina.  Pattern stitches only, the newest version is called 1800 Patterns.  This is the best knitting stitch book for your money: it includes techniques as well as stitch patterns

• . The Arco Guide to Knitting Stitches.  Arco Publishing, New York, 1985.  Pattern stitches only

• Cartwright-Jones, Catherine and Roy Jones, The Tap-Dancing Lizard: 337 Fanciful Charts for the Adventurous Knitter, Interweave Press, 1992.  Naturalistic, stylized, and fanciful charts for multicolored knitting panels; suitable for sweaters, coats, afghans, etc.

• Matthews, Anne, Vogue Dictionary of Knitting Stitches, Quill, New York, 1984.  Lots of pattern stitches

• Mountford, Debra, ed., The Harmony Guide to Knitting Techniques and Stitches, Harmony Books, New York, 1992.  You can never have too many stitch pattern books!

• Walker, Barbara G., A Treasury of Knitted Patterns.  Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1968.  One of THE bibles of knitting pattern stitches.  Barbara Walker's three treasuries are perhaps the greatest treasure for all knitting designers.  I pull the three out every time I plan a new design

• Walker, Barbara G., A Second Treasury of Knitted Patterns, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1970.  Another bible of pattern stitches

• Walker, Barbara G., Charted Knitting Designs: A Third Treasury of Knitted Patterns, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972.  The third bible of pattern stitches