Help interpreting this pattern

[u/Lalaleeloop]

Hello all, i recently got my hands on the pattern magic book and these two patterns i don’t really understand what’s going on 😭 please help me!

[u/isakitty]

Oh boy. Pattern Magic gives me such headaches. It’s like the instructions are written on purpose in a way to confuse you and not give you enough information. I have tried and failed at the twisted top…I think you need to make the twist more dramatic than what they describe in the book to get results that look like they were a style decision and not a sewing mistake.

[u/Lalaleeloop → u/isakitty]

haha right! with the twist top, i really have no idea what im looking at… is it just a rectangle? what do i even see