New to the Group

Hello everyone! I am new to the group and am also new to blogging. I am not sure of what I am suppose to do or write about. I would like for everyone to know that the sweaters displayed on the site are very beautiful, and I would like to start knitting some. Are there any suggestions for which books I should start out with to purchase? I am an intermediate knitter. I do some designing on my own by using the computer program called Sweater Wizard. I have several stitch pattern books and love looking through them to get ideas of stitch patterns I would like to incorporate into a sweater. Then I use Sweater Wizard and draft my pattern. It is great!. I want to make the white short-sleeve sweater that Silvia made as my first.

Jo Anne