I'm really surprised at the great reviews on this book. It's meant for beginers and while the projects are easy I'm surprised at the lack of instruction on some of them. Take the sweater pattern for instance, there is no schematics and lack of measurements. Sure I could figure out the inches based on gauge, but would a brand new knitter? Most of the patterns don't even have a photo attached to it. Why spend time knitting something if you have no idea what it's supposed to look like? Isn't that what draws the majority of knitters to a project--the appearance? This book really lacks, I would never recommend it.