One of the Concurrent Knitting Projects

I am an obsessive knitter. One of my problems is starting multiple projects at the same time. The main knitting project I have been working on is a scarf for a cousin. I know it's not going to be a surprise if I blog about it (Warning Amanda Spoiler Alert), but I don't think she'll be completely be disappointed since she informed me in August that she would be receiving a scarf  made by yours truly for Christmas and then proceeded to pick the pattern she wanted from one of my books. I was thoroughly amused by this and decided to go along. Soon after I went to one of my favorite knitting spots, Inspire 2 Knit and Tea in Plymouth, NH. And picked up a skein of Cascade Yarns 100% Baby Alpaca (one of the other scarf requirements dictated was "very soft") in a raspberry color. I settled on this particular type of yarn after spending about 30 min wandering around the store rubbing various balls of yarn on my face and the face of my mother. This is the proper way to determine the softness of yarn.This yarn's softness was very close in softness with another type of yarn that was made from silk. I went with the wool, because I just love wool, and after lots of face testing my mother and I determined this indeed was the softest yarn in the store.















The pattern book Amanda had been using to choose the scarf's intended pattern is Vogue's Stitchionary which is listed under my favorite knitting book list. This is actually the first book in a series of Stitionaries which I have yet to buy in complete. Amanda had left me some cute notes rating each of her prefered patterns in the book (she was concerned that I would not be able to knit her first choice.) Her first choice was a faux cable stitch where you slip a stitch (for the twist) for two rows and then knitting the slipped stitch in a cable-esque twist.The pattern is from the first stitionary and is #62 Alternating Twists. I am not completely certain if I am allowed to post the pattern out of the book because of copy right laws (my gut is saying no).

I started the scarf with 3 rows of garter stitch and started and end each row of the pattern with 3 knits.
So far the project has been going well. I think if I was to start again I would add one extra twist set and make the scarf a little wider. When I first started the scarf I was concerned that if I knit it wider I would not have enough yarn to get my desired length. Now that I am more then 3/4 through the skein I know I would have had more then enough. The following images are shots of the pattern, and the work in progress. Enjoy!