Scarf A with 4mm hook (left) & Scarf A with 6mm hook (right)

My helpful lesson of the moment about choosing hook sizes:  choose the one that gives the best quality work. Scarf A is what I am crocheting at the moment using Simply Soft yarn. Scarf B, a work in very slow progress, was crocheted with RH Super Saver...  How was scarf B so much softer than scarf A?  To find out the answer go to my page Lessons Learned: Hooks, gauge, and yarns

Scarf B with 8mm hook

A round and around, motif after motif, ugh. Just 5 motifs. What took so long I think was learning the steps.   For each motif there were 6 rounds. What I liked so much was that each round was a totally different design. This is what made this so challenging. I actually liked the challenge. Wearing the hat in red was going to be another challenge.  I have yet to try it on.  See the results for My First Hat Ever on a separate page, a milestone for me.

What about another color?

My first project within the first month of learning to crochet this year was a hat (started around February or March).  Boy, did this take long to make.  According to the instructions it was supposed to take a few hours. Try a few months!  Started in February and finished in April. There were five of these motifs to make and attach together. Then to finish off, the top of the hat was a series of crochets done in rounds.  Right away I noticed that I like working in rounds and that I was mesmerized by lace crochet.  This project was a learning process that lasted and lasted!  To try to speed the process along I tried working on two hats at once, the first in natural and the second in victory red.   Something about colors would either speed my work up or slow it down, hmm.