Originally published in hardback form in October 2018, this second-edition eBook version has been updated, corrected, amended, revised, and partially rewritten, for its journey into the digital future.

This is a jam-packed and comprehensive beginner’s guide to knitting—aimed at men, but suitable for everyone—covering the very foundations of a new knitter’s journey:

• Casting on
• Casting off
• Working flat or in the round
• Knitting and purling
• Knitting styles and techniques
• Textured knitting
• Decreases
• Increases
• Cables
• Finishing techniques
• Reading charts

…and a whole lot more besides:

QR codes and links to over 20 exclusive videos tutorials

Hundreds of Step-by-Step tutorial instructions and photographs.

Five beginner/intermediate patterns, showcasing a variety of the skills taught in the book.

Guys Knit is the perfect manual to get the new knitter in your life up and running.

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Because I want to deliver as high quality a product as I can, it isn’t possible to store Guys Knit in one single file. (Ravelry has a file size limit of 50Mb for uploading patterns and eBook files, and there are so many lovely pics in this eBook, that the complete file comes in at 130Mb!)

For that reason, the book has been split into three roughly equally sized files, and you can download them all immediately.

Unfortunately, this means that the interactive table of contents, and any internal links from page to page won’t work. (External links and video links work perfectly well.)

If these things are important to you, and you would like to obtain a copy of the complete file, just forward your purchase confirmation email to nathan@sockmatician.com, and I will send you a download link, via WeTransfer, where you can get the entire book in one single file.

published in May 2026 by Nathan Taylor