I bought a skein (solid spring-leaf-green, from Weaving Works) of the Alpaca Sox recently to make actual socks, but have been considering flipping it into the short version of this scarf.

I am also smitten with the Lace Ribbon scarf. I met someone yesterday who was working on it and she said, "I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked it." I think she was self conscious about liking "just" a scarf, but I think it's just lovely. Looking forward to seeing yours!

Marsha - I think that is even better. However, for me, I'd be afraid my knots would come out of the half cotton half acrylic yarns. Then again, I did feel like I was taking up precious swatch space to make the purls.

Stephanie - Thanks for the warning. I have enough to make a sweater but I'll make sure it's not one that is heartbreakingly intricate to knit and assemble. The colors I have are brighter than I'm prone to wearing so I'm unlikely to wear it outside of the house very often to start with.

I like the purl bumps idea, too, but those purl stitches take up precious space in a gauge swatch (and I'm usually impatient to get to knitting the project itself). Plus the knots are something you can do at the very end and don't have to plan for.