Thanks for all the emails and comments here. I'll respond to them this week as I'm catching up a bit.
Here is a quick scarf I knit last night for Joelle while watching a movie. I don't have a pattern and actually just knit from either end randomly but it ended up as a sort of a welt stitch. I used bright turqoise Cascade 220 (my scanner can't handle turqoise for some reason) and some railroad yarn. It is certainly nice to finish a gift so quickly. Next I have to get to work on some hats for Lisa's homeless veteran project.