Winter Break Knitting

I promised the kids that I'd knit them each a scarf over winter break. It was the first time in months that I actually had time to sit down and knit. I'm relatively a novice, mostly self-taught knitter. However, my friend Lisa was the first to get me interested in knitting a couple years ago when she showed me how to make dishcloths. Several dishcloths later, I decided to expand my horizons and move on to scarfs. Most of my previous scarves have been gifts so I thought it was time to make some for my family. The kids were thrilled to get these, both made in their favorite colors.
The scarf making started out a little rocky and almost didn't happen at all. Both kids fought over who's scarf I would make first. We decided to flip a coin to make it fair and when Mac's side won, Ethan decided that flipping a coin wasn't fair and efficient. So after a lot of whining and tantrums (coming from Ethan), Mac gave in and let Ethan go first. What a nice big brother.I made both scarves in a ribbing pattern. A simple knit 2, pearl 2. Mac's scarf was a little more complicated and although you can't see it in the picture, it has a cable twist in the ribbing. It's made the same way, knit 2 and pearl 2, except on the third row instead of the knit 2, you knit 2 together, leaving the stitches on the needle, then you knit the first stitch again, and pull both stitches off the needle. The pattern gets repeated until you run out of yarn.