This was way fun to make, very good for my first crochet project ever. The only problem that frustrated me was figuring out how to join the first round without getting my stitches all twisted - that took odd moments from Wednesday into Friday night, and I’m thinking I got it right out of sheer blind luck. Once I finally had it started, I couldn’t put it down. Over all, I think I spent about 20 hours on the caplet. I did change things up a bit by using three colors to give it a bit more pep instead of the solid color given in the pattern, and I didn’t like the feel of the alpaca blend the pattern was made for. The yarn substitution still left with a nice, medium weight cover, good for summers in the Pacific NW as well as a nice office warmer.