nina begins her modeling career

This is the scarf I knit for my sister's 30th birthday. I did a simple but fun pattern where on one row you do a YO in-between each sitich, then on the next row you knit, slipping all of the YO's off of the needle. The effect is a meshy, fishnet kind of thing. I used one skein of black baby alpaca yarn which is very soft. It probably could've been a little longer, but I didn't want to use a new skein just for a couple of inches, and I wanted to get it sent on-time. Nina stole the scarf once, but I managed to get it back before she'd done any damage. I finished her sweater recently but it didn't really turn out. It's not well shaped and it's too small. I'm already starting another one. This will be my third attempt at knitting a sweater for my dog. How hard can it really be??