There are a lot of knitting books out there that claim to be for the beginner knitter, but I beg to differ. I feel that many knitwear designers, may have forgotten what's it like to be a 'beginner', when even the most simple of stitches can seem a challenge and everything is so confusing that you wonder if you will ever be able to complete even a 'simple scarf' I picked up a copy of a book by Val Pierce, entitled 'Love Knitting, 25 Simple Projects to Knit. Val, is a long established knitting expert, who has designed patterns for knitting magazines and has several other books under her belt. the main focus being toys. I expected someone with this amount of experience to understand the difficult journey of a beginner knitter, working alone without guidance. This was the not the case at all. This is a not a book for the less experienced knitter. My sample of the blackberry stitch I've been knitting for some time and I was quite surprise...