The book is organised into lessons, starting off with simple illustrations of the basics of how to cast on and knit and ending with casting off and finishing. After the basics, Watterson starts off with mock cables that don’t require a cable needle. There are clear photographs with labels for which stitch corresponds to which stitch in the instructions, which enabled me to follow along effectively. There are lots of variations to try, which all have a photograph, pattern instructions, and chart. Close-ups at the top of the page let you see the details of the pattern. The size of needles and the yarn used are also given, which is useful to know if you’re looking to reproduce the same effect. After the section on mock cables, different projects are given to allow the patterns to be put to use. The patterns requiring a cable needle are similar in format to the first section and they make it look very easy to achieve, which is the aim of the book. Whether or not this would be true in practice, I’m not sure as I found it difficult to use a cable needle when I tried it. The photographs imply that the cable needle hangs down sensibly without pulling on the work, which isn’t what I found. However, I would recommend it on the grounds that it concentrates on cables rather than all the other techniques which tended to distract me, and there’s plenty to get stuck into here with thirteen projects and numerous samples to attempt to reproduce.