Check this site out. It goes into detail about the different machines and what you need. Hope this helps.
There are some fiction books (available on audio CD at Amazon and mostly likely Barnes and Noble) that have knitting as part of the subject: -The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs -The Knitting Circle: A Novel by Ann Hood -Knitting: A Novel b...
You need to cast off or bind off here is a link to a video that shows you how: I have been knitting for some time now and there are a couple of great books that show you how to do techniques: Stitch and Bitch by Debbie Stroller How to Knit by Debbie ...