Ok, so I haven't been knitting as long as a lot of people in this group and I am not nearly as well skilled at it either. BUT! I did find the book that I used to get myself started!!! It is called "Knitting Made Easy" by Coats and Clark. Here is a link to where you can get it:
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found it at Walmart about 5-6 years ago. The copyright in my copy is1993.Just thought I would share!!
Heather