Problems with Sister's Lace Scarf

After I finished my sister's headband a few years back, I started on a scarf. Originally, I followed the pattern which basically said to do to repetitions of the lace. And the picture below is the size the scarf sat at for more than a year. 

A week or two ago, I picked up my sister's scarf again. I knitted through the pattern once or twice and happened to glance at my ball of yarn only to realize there was no way I was going to be able to make anything scarf length the way I was going with the amount of yarn I had left. So I frogged the whole thing and started over only doing one repetition of the lace.

As you an see, I got a fair ways in the scarf before I realized that the scarf was curling in way more than I wanted, and I also got to thinking about how the pattern is not reversible. I decided that while this had been a good pattern for a headband, it was probably not the best pattern for a scarf, and I frogged the whole thing again.

Now comes yet another question of what should I make for my sister? I do want to use this yarn, and I already made her a headband. Maybe a scarf with a different or more plain pattern so she could still wear it with the headband? Maybe not a scarf at all. I guess I have been making mittens, although I suspect my sister will want fingerless gloves or maybe fingerless gloves that have a mitten part to cover the fingers. I'm not sure yet, but it's on my mind.

Happy knitting!