Japanese Stitches Unraveled: 160+ Stitch Patterns to Knit Top Down, Bottom Up, Back and Forth, and In the Round (Stitch Dictionary) by Wendy Bernard.
 
Japanese Stitches Unraveled offers 150 rare patterns inspired by these elusive and intricate Japanese stitch designs, along with fully illustrated charts, familiar symbols, and clear instructions for every single stitch. Each stitch pattern receives author Wendy Bernard's unique four-direction makeover―topdown, bottom-up, back-and-forth, and in-the-round.
To showcase the knitting in action, Bernard also includes instructions for six garments as well as her famous formulas for knitting without a pattern.