Finished Scarf and Hat!

 I used chunky yarn, size 11 needles and I didn't check my guage until now (shhh, don't tell).  It ended up being the guage on the Knitting Pure & Simple Pattern.

Materials:

Chunky yarn

size 11 circular needle

leftover piece of yarn for marker

Here are the changes I made to the pattern:

Work 4 rows of 1x1 ribbing.

Knit (stockinette stitch) until work measures 6.25 inches from edge.

Decrease Round - K2, K2tog, repeating until end of round.

Knit 6 rounds

Decrease round- K1, K2tog

K 2 rounds

Decrease round K1, K2tog

K 2 rounds 

(Follow rest of pattern)