I haven't made any of the critters in this book yet, but I can't wait to get started! They're adorable and make me want to design my own creatures.Now that I've looked at the book further I can give a more detailed review. I'm an intermediate crocheter but decided to start with an easy critter in this book to test it out. In researching what yarn and other items I'll need to make the skeleton bride & groom I discovered that they don't tell you how much yarn you need to buy for each critter. They also don't tell you the approximate finished size of the critters either. There is a gauge listed of 5 sc x 5 rows = 1" x 1" but it's kind of hard (at least for me - math isn't one of my best subjects! :-)) to guess the finished size of the critter and how much yarn I'll need. Since I prefer to buy yarns with dye lots I guess I'll have to buy several skeins more than I think I'll need to be sure I have enough of the same dye lot to make each critter. This is a little frustrating since I prefer not to buy way more yarn than I need.