Ene's scarf

I am working on the Ene's scarf by Nancy Bush (SCARF STYLE, Interweave Press) for my mother's birthday.
I am almost done with the last repeat of Chart 3. This scarf is nice in that it starts at its widest part and progressively narrows down to 18 stitches. So knitting each row is pretty quick now. Here's a snapshot of the scarf so far.



I need to finish it soon too, because her birthday is this weekend!

On another note, this is what I was spinning last night.



I am denying myself the pleasures of both combing wool and spinning top... even reading papers on mitochondrial genomes... in order to finish Ene...