It's not what you think it is, I swear!

I'm trying to make-up a pattern. It will grow up to be one of those mini scarves. One of the ones with a hole on one side that the other feeds into.

This is actually the second try at it.  The first time I tried to knit this, everything was wider.  While I liked how wide the garter stitch area was, the part that would go around your neck was the same height as my neck.  I also didn't have enough yarn to finish it that way.