Thoughtless scarf

Working on the lace scarf made me realize how important it is to have at least one non-thinking, no-counting-required project going at a time. It's best if you don't even have to look at it while knitting it, but that may be stretching it a little. I have some unbelievably light roving that's equal parts of cashmere, yak down, silk and marino. The yak and cashmere are so light and fluffy that even though they are equal parts by weight, they dominate the fiber scene so much in this blend that you are hard pressed to find the other components. It's hard for me to spin - short, clumpy blobs of fluff that don't like to flow. I had so much trouble spinning it on my wheel that I started working it on the smallest hand spindle I have, and spinning a few yards before bed every night. It made a really nice, fine, tightly spun single that was wonderfly soft and bouncy. I decided first that everybody I know needs a neck gaitor out of this, but after evaluating the amount that I actually have spun (it goes pretty slow!) I chose a simple narrow scarf that could be worn inside all day, in moss stitch or seed stitch or whatever that one is where you knit your pearls and pearl your knits. I started doing a YO/k2tog at the ends of each row, thinking it would be an easy way to add a bit of interest, but I ended up hating paying that much attention, and they didn't show that much anyway with so much texture in the color variation, so I dropped the pattern. Maybe I better make it again for the last few inches on the other end so it doesn't looks so much like a goof. So this "no thinking" scarf is in my "grab it when I go somewhere" bag, but I better get some more spun up, because that little ball is going to make a pretty short scarf!