Keyhole Scarf

My daughter requested a scarf with the yarn she dyed with Kool-Aid.  I scoured Ravelry, and finally settled on the Child’s Feather and Fan Keyhole Scarf by Ellen Mallett.  It’s a delightful pattern and really shows of the lovely variegations in the yarn.  I love the keyhole feature, as scarves are always coming unwrapped from my little one’s neck.  It’s an easy use of the feather and fan pattern, simple enough to take along and knit on my lunch break.  (My new nickname at work is Martha, as in Stewart, since I’m crafty enough to dye my own yarn and make things by hand I could simply buy at Walmart.)  My daughter loves the scarf, but it’s not quite finished.

See, I’m stuck on the grafting.  I looked in my knitting books but was quite disappointed at the complicated instructions.  A quick search on Ravelry turned up this nice grafting tutorial from Knitty that I plan to use when I have a few quiet moments to finish concentrate fully on it.