Getting ready for cold weather already.

This is the scarf I said I started instead of finishing some of my other items.  It is done in double knit color work.  The other side looks almost the same, but opposite colors.  Here we are all enjoying some warm potato soup and some salad.

There is something interesting with this scarf.  I knew I wanted to do a color-work double knit scarf, so I went looking for color-work patterns.  I knew it would be easy to convert any two color design to fit my needs.  I found a bunch that were interesting, but this swirl one really stood out.  I didn't know what yarn I wanted to use, but I knew it had to be on the thinner side since the design is a bit wide.  I remembered some yarn that was donated from Nature's Yarn a while ago.  I had been thinking of making a hat out of it at the time, but that never happened.  So I printed the pattern, found some needles I thought might be the right size, grabbed my yarn, and headed to Monday night knitting.  After knitting for a while someone next to me asked me a question: Did you mean for it to be Slytherin colors? (it is really a grey/green, not blue like the picture is trying to tell you)

The I really looked at it.  Slytherin colors...a swirl pattern that looks kinda like snakes...I see what you were doing there Universe!  I found it very amusing.

One thing I didn't find amusing it all the trouble this thing is giving me (though I'm not sure why I'm surprised).  First I started the chart in one direction, then I seemed to have changed my mind and finished the first motif going the other way.  The I thought I was switching the direction of the swirls like I had planned to, but it seems I did not.
*sigh* This scarf will definitely have an end made out of character.  I decided not to rip it out since it is a scarf and there will be plenty of chances to get it right.

Now here's hoping I can pull that off on my own without someone yelling STOP if I start to add more character to this thing.