We’ve had some major cold weather down here in Florida, actually down to 32 degrees! When I left for school this morning, I saw frost covering the roof of our house as I drove away. We southerners are just not used to anything much below 50, so I was bundled up with layers and layers of clothing, and of course, some items I had crocheted previously, fingerless gloves, scarf, and more recently, a new pink hat. My gloves and scarf are blue and the hat is pink. Obviously, I need to create a pink set and a blue set I guess so I can be a little more color coordinated, but at 32 degrees, I didn’t care about that so much!

The hat pattern is a new one I recently tried from the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Crochet Today. It’s called the “Two-Hour Hat,” designed by Linda Permann. I haven’t timed myself, but I’m sure it is taking me longer than two hours. Still, it works up pretty darn quickly.

I’ve made a few for a charity group and have started another for a friend. Is is very refreshing to find a pattern in a magazine that I actually felt capable of doing. Crochet Today doesn’t seem to have overly difficult projects, but it doesn’t normally have that many projects at the level #1 either. In fact, there are a number of awesome crochet magazines I’ve looked at on newstands that are gorgeous, but so many of the patterns are way out of my beginner’s level league that I couldn’t even dream of making any of them.