Stuck in the Middle

I don't consider myself a victim of the SS-syndrome (the dreaded Second Sock Syndrome), but I tend to have problems with the second cast on. This goes for mittens as well as socks, and probably has more to do with DPNs than anything else: I just don't like knitting the first few rounds with them. What with the needles persistently dangling instead of staying put, and the rib looking wonky, I just want to get to the part where the pattern has already started to emerge and things are going nice and smooth.

This moment between one of the pair having been cast off but before the other one has been cast on is when I'm most tempted to start another project -one that isn't knitted on DPNs. This is how I've started multiple scarves, although only one of them has survived so far. Usually the moment passes, and I go on to knit the pair.

The scarf (it's considerably longer now than in the picture) that has survived is Old Shale Scarf (rav-link), a pattern which I received in a Ravelry exchange. It's easy enough for a lace noob like me, but gets rather tedious after a while. I've been knitting it every now and then, mostly when other projects bore me.

The best thing about the scarf-to-be is the yarn: my first Manos (silk blend), and so soft and squishy that I could make a bed of it.