Stitch Patterns

I have been looking for a book that will show how to work a stitch pattern with out haveing to read a chart. I mean I can read a chart but I wanted to learn a few new patterns with having to think about it too much. I could not find any such book on the market today. So, Last night I went to our local library and found a book that was published in 1968 called Adventures in Knitting , (more than 100 patterns, form easy to intracate) By Barbara Aytes. I think this book is very good for what I need the stitch symbols are a little out dated so it might take me a little while to decifer them but I will be posting some sample swatches as I get them done.