The gloves have actually been finished since Thursday.
I do adore them and wonder why I took so long to make a pair. Too bad they are (supposed to be) a gift. Temptation is great.
And now for moving on to the coordinating scarf. That too is progressing, although the beginning was somewhat rocky.
I knew, when I purchased the yarn, that I wanted to knit a scarf inspired by something in Scarf Style. 
As I hadn't actually cast on yet, I dutifully took the book, plus an assortment of needles in appropriate sizes with me to knitting group. I flipped through the pages of the book but somehow nothing really inspired me. I knew that there was something in that book that had really captured my imagination, but it wasn't happening on Thursday night. I randomly picked a pattern that looked nice and started. A couple of rows in I hated it. Rip.
I thought I would perhaps make a scarf using the same cable pattern from the gloves, so I figured out my repeats and cast on. Well, you know what happened. I got through one repeat and decided I hated it. I did not want a cabled cardigan. Rip.
This was beginning to get to me. I remembered a simple alternating knit and purl pattern and cast on. This time I got about 4 inches of scarf knitted. It looked nice enough but was not particularly inspiring, and I was already bored to tears. I wasn't even half way through the first skein; the thought of four more skeins was enough to make my heart sink well below my shoes. This simply was not going to do. But I left the scarf on the needles, hoping for a bit of inspiration.
Friday morning I ripped again.
This was the pattern I was looking for. Actually this is not the pattern that originally inspired me, but it is the pattern that I want to knit RIGHT NOW. It is the pattern I want to knit with this yarn. Therefore it is perfect.
The pattern is Midwest Moonlight by Ivy Bigelow. The repeat is easy enough to remember and it is also easy to find one's place if one gets distracted and forgets where one left off. The repeat is long enough to be interesting but short enough not to be boring. I actually think I can manage to knit up all 5 skeins before pulling out my hair, even without interesting shaping or the development of pretty color changes.
Actually we will have to see how bored I am by the time I have knitted a few balls of yarn. We will see how it serves me during this longest night of voting results. But it gives me time to figure out what I want to knit next.
