Written by Michelle Hunter of the "Knit Purl Hunter" blog fame.

Building Blocks is a series of 12 fun patterns that will grow your knitting skills starting with simple knit and purl stitches. Your confidence will grow as you progress through several major knitting principles. Each block pattern focuses on new stitches and techniques in a sequential fashion that “builds” upon the previously learned skill. And knitting techniques for each block are supported with Michelle’s free online video instruction.

Building in Color introduces you to essential colorwork knitting techniques one skill at a time, all while knitting a beautiful sampler blanket. It contains 10 different colorwork techniques that you knit separately and seam together at the end. Each technique has both charted and written instructions and a special”Chart Sense” section to help you gain confidence in your skills. And each technique is supported with Michelle’s free, online video instruction.