This patterns book is perhaps not as appealing to people who are looking for something young and trendy, but the more mature knitter, some with more mature figures, will find much to admire. After I knit one of the jackets, with colors of my own choosing, I modeled it in a large knitting event fashion show. When I walked out on stage, the entire room erupted in a big group “OH!!!!!” accompanied by applause.

I do think the above abbreviated directions for accomplishing the 4 rows that create the pattern are very good and helpful. There are so many different ways to learn and understand any pattern. Some people are visual learners, who benefit from charts. Some are text learners, who do better with words. And then there are people like me, who benefit from both.

Yvonne, you are right. It would be nice to have a book written about how to create your own pattern for shadow knitting. Until someone does it, Google “shadow” or “illusion knitting”; there are a ton of websites since this review was written 4 years ago, as well as videos. Perhaps someone has figured out how to put some flattering shape into a shadow knit sweater by now.