On the one hand, this knitting book is easy to understand. The instructions and materials list is straightforward, unlike other knitting books I've seen. And the sweaters are pretty cute. There are matching sweaters for mother-daughter and father-son pairings, and so on.The down side is that many of these patterns aren't very appealing. Sure, they're "cute" to look at, but to be honest, most people today won't be proud to go out wearing sweaters like these. They're not very trendy, and for this reason I think it would be better to find a knitting book with attractive sweaters that are difficult to make, instead of this book right here. Oh, and there aren't that many projects focuses solely on crochet. There are knitting projects that involve some crochet work, but if you only do one craft or the other, you can't even do those projects at all!