San's New Scarf

I wasn't happy with having just one project going so I started another one this morning.  This one is more immediate,anyway.  My daughter, San, is out in the weather a lot and needs a scarf to help keep her throat warm.  She saw the Lotus Leaf Scarf pattern when we were looking at http://www.e-patternscentral.com/ one day and really liked it.  Since she is allergic to wool, I'm making this one out of Red Heart Sport and the color is called Polo.  It was on clearance one day at Herschnner's and I couldn't resist.  As with most of my yarns, I bought it to make myself something...  Not to worry--I have more! 

Since San hasn't seen this yarn, I'm taking a bit of a gamble in using it because her color tastes and mine don't always agree.  I do know that she likes jewel tones so I'm probably safe.  I figure this will do until I can get some better yarn--this is really my 'run through' scarf.  It's a tad scratchy for me so I'll be on the hunt for something softer. 

I'm following the basic pattern except for one modification that I made.  It didn't look wide enough at 18 stitches for the body to me.  I was afraid it wouldn't give her good enough coverage on her neck so I widened it to 24 stitches.  Like I said, it's a prototype.  Once she has a chance to use it, I'll know better where I need to change it.  I've got it about 50% done and hope to have it totally done before I go back to work on Monday.  San's currently out of town and it would be nice to have it finished for her to use as soon as she returns.

I worked more on my gloves after I posted yesterday.  I also spent some time working on some baby bibs for an upcoming arrival last night.  I've got a little time on the baby project, however, since the mother isn't due til 4/1.  I've been switching between all these projects depending on my mood and which one of my cats is sitting on my chest while I'm trying to work.  Currently, it's Sugie.  She's the cat that I used for my profile picture.  I didn't mention that I like cats but I think you probably figured that out already.

Happy Stitching!!