Double knitting and the Lotus Top

This is my first halfway decent attempt at a double knit. Many of the previous swatches I did ended in disaster and will never see the light of day.

It's a bit messy, tension varies throughout, and the cast on/off methods I used probably were not the ones called for. I couldn't find a clear picture of what I should do so I just guessed. I was all excited because the latest issue of Knitty had some pictures of double knitting but as I soon found out that only worked if you wanted 2 seperate but identical pieces.

Hopefully I can improve rapidly because I realized my sisters birthday is coming up and this scarf would be fantastic in purple and black.

On another knitting front I've been working on my Lotus Blossom Top. I've come to realize that, as others have noted before, the lace reapeats really do look like alien heads. Weird. I think someone on the KAL had the idea to switch out that lace and use a skull pattern instead. I hope someone does do that because it would be brilliant.

I've had the yarn for months but only now do I find the will to work on it. I plan on doing some minor alterations to the pattern along the way so hopefully it will fit the way I want it to. We shall see soon.