I recently learned to knit and wanted to do something different than regular knit/purl or knit only scarfs. I discovered this book - and WOW - what a change it made to my thinking about knitting. You can use any type of yarn for the scarfs including fun yarns. Some of the designs were a challenge to me, but I was successful with everything that I've attempted so far. Buy this book - but also go to the ArtYarns website to get the most current Book Updates. There have been some corrections to a few of the patterns. But don't let those errors or changes stop you from buying this book, it's worth it. Now I'm back to knitting the Silky Tie Wrap from this book.