Increases and Decreases Tutorial

Through the help of Ravelry I've found a great Tutorial for learning how to do Increases and Decreases and also for explaining the difference between the different types of Increases and Decreases. Patterns often don't explain which ones to use because I guess this is redundant information for people who already know how to knit. It's been a source of great confusion for me. The Tutorial shows a picture of a sampler with matching sets of Increases and Decreases. I've already made the one that was included in the first edition of the Knitting for Dummies book. It wasn't included in the 2d edition.

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/increases

Will have to check for a similar tutorial that explains which type of Selvedge edge to use where.

I wish there would be a book available some day which has tutorials like this. It's great to be able to physically practice the stitches while comparing them. The book would be especially cool if examples of real sweaters are used. Some of the Increases that are used in sweaters and shawls are very ornate and beautiful and can make a garment a zillion times more attractive.

There are other great Tutorials in the 1st Ed. of Knitting for Dummies. There is a Short Row tutorial in Maggie Righetti's book called Knitting in Plain English. I believe she also includes a tutorial for making a child's sweater with all the basic techniques that are used. I've found great tutorials in a book called The Sweater Workshop by Jacqueline Fee. It might be more fulfilling to make a child's sweater than the ugly tube thing that's offered in this book but since I haven't tried either I don't really have an opinion about this. There's even a whole Tutorial on making bobbles.