My mum is a knitter – a good one! She was travelling abroad and I asked her to buy me a knitting book. When she came home she gave me this book:
It’s a brilliant one! Full of “how-to’s”, a lot of photos explaining everything! I’ve looked through it a couple of times and it gets better each time! Excellent for an Icelander knitting in English ;)
KnittyAttitude 
Seems like a great book! Good for you.
I find myself use this site a lot: http://www.knittinghelp.com/ Horrible american accent though:-)