pokemon scarf

i've started knitting a pokemon scarf for my nephew.
well, it just has a pinkachu tail on the ends-- ambiguous enough that if he decides pokemon is a bunch of crap before the winter is out, the scarf could still be just a cool weapon.

if i pull this off correctly, it will be the first time i have knitted a pattern of my own creation from scratch (and a little help from an online chart). wish me luck. i've got 38 sts in 10 rows so far on #9 needles...