I've been thinking about the question of how difficult something is. Running a mile would be freaking hard for me, it's probably not hard for you. A lace shawl is not hard for me, it would probably be hard for you. :) (A badly-written pattern could be difficult for anyone).

* Making this shawl requires three levels in knitting, including one level along the Lacework specialization track, and requires the first-level ChartReading feat
Or
* It doesn't count as a lacework PR for me, so it wasn't hard.