Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Small stash-busting for patterns, big on advice

I excitedly awaited this book's arrival--which I got through a swap with another knitter. Most of the patterns I won't probably knit, however the advice/information in this book is really worth the trade. It tells how to measure how much yarn you may have left on a skein/hank for a project. Also how to tell the weights when you have lost the ball band. I would like the poncho on the cover better without the ruffles and may just have to make it that way. However, for a beginner this is not an easy book. It is a good book for those of us who have knitted many projects for awhile and have a good many hanks/skeins of leftover yarn we want to put to use. However, it doesn't give a whole lot of new ideas, as we already know to use our leftovers for striping. I like the rug pattern and may make that too. I already have alot of hat patterns so that was not too impressive for me.