I've been knitting for 30 years. I've created Aran knit sweaters, I design and knit ornately cabled kilt hose. I make socks--fancy fancy socks. I also do lace work. I can't pull off a single thing in this book. Had this book for years, very nice looking pictures, but the instructions are a confusing mess that I have not been able to decipher yet. If you have gobs of patience, maybe this book is for you.