This pattern has instructions for cloche style or newsboy style, so you can make two hats with one pattern. For each hat, you will need approximately 212 yards of super bulky weight yarn. I would say this is an intermediate pattern, due to the cable stitch pattern and construction technique. Although an adventurous beginner could probably master it as well. Skills needed to complete this hat include: picking up stitches, knit, purl, basic shaping, knitting in the round, 3 needle bind off, and knowledge of basic knitting abbreviations.