My First Knitting Projects - Piece 3

This is a circular scarf (perhaps neck warmer is more appropriate) I made for my sister-in-law, but it's not done on circular needles. It's knitted as a regular scarf, then one end is sewed to one side of the other end.

I also gave her some matching buttons for her jacket. The personal touch I added is very settle, so I don't think you can see the details on this photo. I used the left-over yarn from the mother-in-law piece, added three strings of threads in baby pink color, and put them through the button holes where threads are supposed to go.

Pattern for the neck warmer:

material used:

• 100 g of yarn - 50% wool, 50% acrylic - on the label: tension for 10 x 10 cm is 20 sts x 24 rows; recommended needle size is 3.5 to 4 mm

tools used:

• a pair of knitting needles, size 3 mm
  
• 1 crochet hook, size 3 mm

instruction:

1. Cast-on 73 sts, so the width is about 16.5 cm.
   
2. Row 1: [K3, P2], repeat to last 3 sts, K3.
3. Row 2: [P3, K2], repeat to last 3 sts, P3.
4. Repeat row 1 and 2 until reaching desired length (this one is 65 cm), it depends on the head size of the recipient. So make sure the inner loop will fit through the head of the recipient.
   
5. Cast-off (bind-off).
6. With the crochet hook and the end of the yarn, weave (sew) one end to one side of the other end (please see photo above for reference).

abbreviations:
sts - stitches
K - knit
P - purl