The first scarf f I ever finished.  The pattern is knit a few, purl a few.  I don't remember the exact numbers but for example:

Knit 10, Purl 10, knit 10, purl 10, knit 10
then you are done with the row and the next row is reversed
Purl 10, knit 10, purl 10, knit 10, purl 10.

White two balls of yarn.
Colored two balls of yarn, one on each end.

I made the middle first with a mohair type white yarn.  The shape is wide enough for a shawl or long enough for a scarf so I bought two balls of yarn at $17 each ( mohair alpaca something) and added both ends.  I used larger needles on rather thin yarn so the scarf has a lacy look about it.

My second scarf.  Cant remember the pattern exactly but the ends are:

Basic Rib Stitch:
Knit 2, purl 2, till end of row,
reverse for next row
Purl 2, knit 2
then after 7 or 8 rows I begin the braid in the middle.
 Cable Stitch:
first row: purl 14, knit 6, purl 14, knit 6, purl 14
next row reverse: knit 14, purl 6, knit 14, purl 6 knit 14, etc.
after 5 rows of this I switch three using separate needles to create the braid.  I can't explain how to do it very well, so look in a book, or go here.

I used four balls of wool for this scarf.  Not very long for the amount of yarn .

I used two balls of yarn divided again because the yarn was similar but not exact.  I had originally bought one ball of yarn for my son to teach him how to knit.  He wasn't into it and the yarn sat around for a year or two.  I started knitting this scarf  and found one ball wasn't enough so I bought another. Same brand but the colors had changed some.  So I divided each ball into two and knitted in 4 parts, old ball, new ball, old ball, new ball.

The pattern:
The bottoms ends,  which are similar to other scarves: (Rib Stitch) knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2 for as long as you want then reverse for next row (purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2 ,etc.) (Double ribbing)
The rest is knit 7, purl 7......for the width your are knitting then reverse the next row purl 7, knit 7
EXCEPT for the width ends.  The very last stitch at each end has to be the opposite of what you are on.  So if you just knitted 7 the last stitch is a purl.  Then you are on the next row and you knit the first stitch and purl the next 7.  This keeps the scarf from curling (at least with this acrylic yarn).
The scarf ends up looking like 'squares.'  (The zigzag colors are because of the yarn.)

SF Giants Paraphernalia
(or Halloween)

Cougar Scarf

Fastest scarf I ever knitted.  Took me about a week, just before hockey playoffs.  These are the colors of my son's hockey team  I made a pattern of 10 but it is hard to see:

After the bottom ends (same double ribbing)
knit 10, purl 10, knit 10, purl 10
next row
purl 10, knit 10, purl 10, knit 10,
repeat for as long as you want adding on different colors.

I measured the length of each color by putting it next to the last similar color, I did not count rows since it really didn't matter as the yarn is so fuzzy you wouldn't be able to tell that some colors are longer or shorter by a row or two.

It is a scarf although the picture makes it look like a circle.  The ends are in the front and are just placed next to each other for the photograph.  The ends are the three colors on each side, one side dark blue, black, white, other side white, black, dark blue.

More Scarves

Detail of 1st scarf where I randomly knitted or pearled to make a 'crazy' scarf.

Some of My Hats

Hair Doily

Not sure how to explain this but I knitted a "hair doily" like the ones my American Sikh friends wear in their hair.  They bought their's from who knows where, but I found that you can knit them by following certain hat patterns, and using sock yarn and size 1, 2 or even 3 kneedles.

Socks

My first pair of socks. I knitted them completely once, found them way too big and took one apart and began knitting it again (above).  But this one still looked bad, lots of mistakes and still too big so I did them over again.  I got this pattern from the internet and didn't understand the heal part at all.  I kind of made up my own heal but I am sure it is what you are supposed to do.  Took me forever to find out what a "dropped stitch" is as none of my knitting books explained it very well nor the internet.  It really helps to understand what one is because it allows you to do so much more than knit simple squares!

I have knitted tons of socks since the first shown above.  Found there are several ways to make a heel!  But I love the pattern for "Elven Socks" found in  Faerie Magazine.

 

First I ironed on the images on the back of the fabric, then I used silk paint to paint the front of the fabric.  It ran a bit because the fabric is a type of velvet.  Then I stitched around the images using rather thick  needlepoint yarn. 

This pattern is similar to one I saw in an Arts & Crafts magazine ( Bungalow).  My silk paint ran a bit so I stitched white around the flowers.  Otherwise the flowers would be a big orange mess.  Material is for furniture kind of velvety with a rubber backing.

Front

I made this design up.  Painted a branch with little flowers.  I stitched little 'dots' on the flowers.  The red silk paint ran a little so the dots are a bit abstract.  Material is for furniture kind of velvety with a rubber backing.

Back

The back of the pillow to the left.  Made up the pattern again.  I was trying to go for an Arts & Crafts style.  The red silk paint ran again thus the stitching with red needlepoint yarn.