Tips for Knitters by Debbie Bliss is a great book for any level of knitter as it has instructions for the most basic aspect of knitting (knit and purl stitches) all the way through to advanced (and rather scary) decorative lace borders.
The book is in full colour with clear well defined pictures of what the instructions should produce. The instructions themselves are clear and concise. The beginning of each section and at the start of each technique has a small paragraph introducing it and giving a bit of explanation as to the qualities if it and why it is used.
It includes a section on yarns and fibres and here is where I tend to get annoyed with the vendetta that the entire knitting community seemingly has against acrylic and other man made fibres. Aside from that there is good, easy to understand descriptions of the most commonly used natural fibres as well as weights and textures. (I like acrylic as it is cheap and can be found in brighter colours than natural fibres, but I tell people that it is good as it is completely vegan and no animals were even involved in the making of it... sorry to any vegans offended by this)
I bought my copy from Mandors in Glasgow for around £8.99 but it can be found on amazon here and sometimes in larger bookshops
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