A scarf for Lorelei

I promised my niece Lorelei a scarf.  We planned to have it be black with pink.  I started knitting a cabled scarf in black worsted weight, but I just didn't like the way it was turning out.  And black is an awful color to knit in!  It's hard to tell what you're doing because it's so dark.

I found some grey and aqua fingering weight yarn in my stash.  I was going to use them on socks, but I've re-purposed them. Now Lorelei will get a grey/blue scarf.

I made up my own pattern for this project.  Here's the jist of it.

Use fingering weight yarn and size 2 needles (I use a circular needle but it's not necessary).
Cast on 40 stitches.
Work the entire scarf in double moss stitch:
Row 1 (right side)  - *P2, K2, repeat from * across the whole row.
Row 2 (wrong side) - *K2, P2, repeat from * across the whole row.
Row 3 (right side) - *K2, P2, repeat from * across the whole row.
Row 4 (wrong side) - *P2, K2, repeat from * across the whole row.


In double moss stitch, knit according to these colors.

Knit 2 rows in aquaKnit 2 rows in grey
Knit 2 rows in aqua
Knit 8 rows in grey
Knit 12 rows in aqua
Knit 2 rows in grey
Knit 2 rows in aqua
Knit 2 rows in grey
Knit 12 rows in aqua

Knit 13 inches in grey

*Knit 4 rows in aqua
Knit 6 rows in grey
Knit 4 rows in aqua
Knit 8 rows in grey
repeat from * 3 times

Knit 14 rows in aqua
Knit 8 rows in grey
Knit 14 rows in aqua

*Knit 8 rows in grey
Knit 4 rows in aqua
Knit 6 rows in grey
Knit 4 rows in aqua
repeat from * 3 times

Knit 13 inches in grey

Knit 12 rows in aqua
Knit 2 rows in grey
Knit 2 rows in aqua
Knit 2 rows in grey
Knit 12 rows in aqua

Knit 8 rows in grey
Knit 2 rows in aqua
Knit 2 rows in grey
Knit 2 rows in aqua