My scarf is more for a fashion accent. I'm using a multicoloured yarn adn knitting it in a basket weave pattern. I've made lots of heavy wool scarves though - When I learned last year I was knitting like crazy and made scarves for all my friends.

I think the hat class is top down - I'm really excited about it. I'm taking it at the same store where I learned to knit.

It was really funny my first scarf, the course was over 2 weekends - the first weekend they showed us how to cast on and knit, and then the second weekend was to cast off and make a fringe, so I had to finish the scarf in a week. I was in a psych hospital at the time, so it kind of became the joke on the ward, that I was always knitting & I kept saying "but I have a deadline". I was really happy with how it turned out.