Wavelength

So, I was in New Mexico recently and had the chance to visit a very nice yarn shop, Miriam's Well. Not only was the shop stocked to the ceiling (literally) with great yarn, her yard was filled with art , plants, trees, flowers and veggies (she lives upstairs). The best part is that she was so sweet to HRC and let her play with her granddaughter's doll house. Of course, that meant that I was free to browse :) and naturally, I did. I found some lovely skeins of Noro Silk Garden Light in colors I liked and some buttons that were perfect for my Adult Surprise Jacket. At home that night, I went looking on Ravelry to see if there was a quick scarf I could do and Wavelength Scarf looked like it would be fun. I crochet, I always have. I love the texture and the quickness of it. But you're never too old to learn something and with this pattern I had never heard of a foundation row for crochet. The nice thing is that I tried it and it worked very well. Takes care of the wimpy chain cast-on row. So-bonus- I had already learned something and I just started :)

I finished most of it in one day and polished it off the next. I was a little weirded out because the I got so much more out of the second skein than I did the first?!? I wonder how much yarn the cast on row took but I got 14 rows out of the second and 10(!) out of the first.
Anyway, I love the scarf. I ran out of yarn having almost made it to the end of the last row (missed it by two 'holes') which is why I was checking to see how much yarn I had used. If I had to do it again I would cast on for more holes; I cast on for 210 stitches with an 'I' hook. It's almost as tall as I am (5'3") unblocked and I'm certain I could get plenty more out of it if I blocked it.
Loved the pattern, it was plenty easy to read :) and what a cool scarf!