Yearning for yarn!

The weather is rapidly getting colder here so I decided to knit myself a scarf! A circle scarf to be exact, which is quite easy if you have time and knitting needles and are handicapped when it comes to knitting intricate stuff. The  knitting needles are quite large, size 8/9 so you can see progress quite quickly. The yarn I used is an alpaca blend in a dark grey which is soft against the skin, me like! My goal is to knit myself a sweater with the help of nice aunts and co-workers! Hopefully I'll be done by christmas, but if this rain keeps up I might be able to finish before. Any others out there that feel like knitting recipes are written in chinese?