I've been crocheting for almost 3 months now, and have completely but a few projects (two of which, were a scarf of the same pattern; I tested a scarf for myself, and made the same for my mother). Today, I finished my (thinks...) 3rd projects (not counting the 10 or so individual coffee sleeves that I messed up, and consequently have to add onto):

A hat! And boy, is it a colorful beauty! I don't know if it is the right size for me, per say, but it's a great accomplishment and took me, oh, 4 days of off-and-on crocheting? It's tasty, too. Mocha agrees. I used Please Login or Register to see the link. pattern. It doesn't fit me, as the pattern didn't have a gauge to go by, etc, but I'm still pleased by how I did on it. I guess I either have to crochet more loosely, or go with step 12-B and make it bigger.