Knit One Below is not a new book, though it is new to me. This is one of those books that does an in-depth exploration of a specific technique. The technique here, as the title implies, is periodically knitting into the stitch below the one on the needle and picking up both that stitch and the one on the needle. For a pretty straightforward concept, the author manages to come up with a pretty broad array of effects that can be achieved.
Socks! Sweaters! Cables! Lacy shawls!
Knit One Below by Elise Duvekot was published in 2008, but is still readily available. The stitches are clearly illustrated and the patterns are clearly written with lots of good photographs. If you are looking for a very flexible technique, this book can help you out!
Quite A Yarn 
I saw some stuff about this technique at Stitches West one year, but I didn’t think it applied to me at the time since I saw sweater examples and I wasn’t knitting sweaters then. Thanks for the reminder that I’ve been considering revisiting it now that I do knit sweaters! (Plus, there’s a lot there besides sweaters, it looks like.)
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It is a nifty technique! Yes, very true – lots of things you can do with it. I was surprised to see a pair of socks on the list, but I guess why not 🙂
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Huh. I’m not sure I would bother for socks, but why not indeed? It might make for extra cozy socks. Hmm.
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I’ve done lifted increases before, which uses the row below, but had no idea you could knit from the row below to make a pattern…thanks for sharing. I may give it a go just on a dishcloth to see.
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It looks like an interesting technique to try out!
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