Silky Scarf

Well, I feel like I'm in a new category of knitters. Now, I've knit with silk! Makes me feel fancy.
A friend of mine requested a scarf that was featured in Sally Goldenbaum's book Death by Cashmere. You can get the pattern here. I have to tell you I was apprehensive, it looked complicated and delicate and I'm not good with complicated or delicate.
My favorite part of the entire project was picking out the yarn. I've never knit with silk or anything else that is considered luxury yarn. I tried to pick so carefully. After said friend mentioned she wanted color variations, I finally landed on Mini Maiden from HandMaiden in the Paris colorway. You can get a skein here. It was love at first site. I just stared at the skein and occasionally stroked it for a week. So pretty, so soft, so fancy!!!
The pattern took a little trial and error, but wasn't as difficult as I originally thought. Again, I'm not good with delicate, so it was an adjustment working with lace stitches.
I don't know how people make doilies and delicate things like that. Lace knitting makes me feel like I'm trying to knit spaghetti noodles with buttered chopsticks. Luckily the pattern was pretty forgiving and my mistakes didn't really show. (Don't read that part Andrea, there are NO mistakes in your scarf.)
I think it turned out very pretty. One thing I really like about it is that you can stretch it out and make it very wide and shorter or you can stretch it down and make it very skinny and long. It looks completely different stretched out differently.
I'm not normally someone who likes the tassels on the ends of scarfs, but it really makes this scarf look much more finished and professional. I was surprised how much class the tassels added to the scarf.
I was so happy that I finished on time. I hate having to give people IOUs on their gifts.
Anyway, I hope she liked it and will get lots of use out of it.
Thanks for reading.