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!

Lace Scarf

This is the scarf I'm making for my sister. I like this pattern a ton, and it's a lot easier than the one I'm making for my dad, but it's still pretty tricky. I'm using US 10 needles (6mm) for this. 19 stitches and the pattern repeats every 12 rows. I had to learn (or rather relearn what my grandma taught me years ago) how to knit two together (k2tog) and slip slip knit (ssk) for this pattern. That's how you get the neat lacy pattern. That was certainly interesting, and I had to restart more than once while I was figuring it out.

I made a headband first, (which can be seen on the right there under finished projects) with the same yarn and the same pattern, and it turned out really well, and I'm pleased with the way this scarf is looking. I like the variegated yarn a lot, but it's not very good for seeing these patterns I want to knit. Almost ironically, I'm using solid colored yarn for a lot of the pieces I'm not doing patterns in.

PS. I found this pattern on a knitting blog, but I can't remember for the life of me which one. If anyone out there recognizes this and knows which blog I'm talking about, I'd love to link to it. I don't feel comfortable giving the pattern myself because I didn't create it, but I'd love to share it.

Happy knitting!