The book is fine. The patterns are okay. The rating is based on my inability to know what is in the book and is more critical of the publisher and Amazon than the actual book. When I buy a knitting book on line, I am buying a pig in a poke. I can gain very little knowledge of what the patterns are, what size needle I will need to use, whether I will find a pattern I really want to knit, etc. The preview pages are inadequate. They need to include small pictures of each pattern, the approximate needle size needed to knit the item and the type of material used. Consequently, for me, this book provides very little of what I was looking for and it was basically a waste of money. Go to a knit shop first to look at the book, and if you like its style and find patterns that meet your requirements, buy it there.