Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: not for me

I am sorry I purchased this book. I purchased it based on all the previous positive reviews. There are 20 projects in this book but none of them produce items that I would use or wear or give away as a gift. This book is meant to appeal to beginners or to be used by knitters who want gift ideas. It has beautiful photographs, etc, and a nice introduction, but almost every project is poorly constructed. When so many beautiful items can be knitted using circular needles, this author opted for straight. Beginners have to struggle with matching seams, etc, ending up with a lumpy, bumpy hat, or pair of mittens, or whatever. If I began this way I would have abandoned knitting. I recommend finding another source for easy fun knitting projects.