I'm glad I bought this book! I'm new to knitting and was looking for easy cardigan patterns to follow - this is a book. Many of the patterns in this book are elegant yet easy to make - I haven't made any of them yet but reading the patterns I know I can follow them with no problem, especially the Universal Cape and the Elegant Kimono ". . . Although I'm a woman of a "certain age" I don't want to look like an old lady so I'm very happy with the design - simple but fashionable and/or timeless. I loved this knitting book by Marilyn Seitz Cohen so much