This book is not my favorite knitting book, but the patterns are nice and and do match up with different levels of commitment. The cliche about not knitting your man a sweater till you get the ring is a bit dated (at least for this younger knitter). But it's nice to have another resource for knitting cool things for guys.

Have you ever read a knitting book that was actually funny? The commentary is great. Although I haven't tried the projects yet, I love the range of small to large projects for the men in your life, whether boyfriend or family. Great job. Can't wait to get started.

I haven't knit any of the articles in this book, so I don't know if they knit up as beautiful as they look. But I want to encourage any woman who has a man in her life (or any male knitter who has a man in his life) to overlook the cute but somewhat overdone theme of what to knit for a guy after the first date, first dinner-date, first sleep-over, moving in, engagement, etc. That's a cute concept, but it could limit the audience for the book unnecessarily.

There are maybe 20 patterns for men in here, and almost every one looks like something a man would actually want to wear (I'm not so sure about one sweater in a mango sort of color.) And the instructions look well laid out. Because the patterns increase in commitment level, they also increase in complexity and time and money commitment. So even if you're knitting for your Dad, you can gauge whether a headband, pair of mittens, pair of gloves (to die for gorgeous gloves), vest or Aran sweater is what you're prepared to knit. And if you're a guy who is learning to knit, you could follow the same progression. Just ignore the narrative.

If you have a father, husband, brother, uncle, friend, or ok, boyfriend who you want to knit for, take a look at this book.