The endless linen stitch scarf

I promised my husband a scarf. I let him pick the color (he picked blue...I made it blue-green in Madelinetosh Pashmina), and he picked the pattern. Linen stitch. Ok. Easy stitch. Shouldn't be too bad, right? Oh. My. God. I love, love, LOVE the yarn, but this scarf makes me want to gouge my eyes out! The wonderful yarn with it's depth of color really makes this pattern shine. I think that's whats really helping me get through it. But seriously...I am dying to move on to something else! Soon!!!

Here's a picture of the offending lovely scarf:

I'm about halfway finished. I swear it will be done by the time he needs it for winter. :/

On another topic, the weight loss battle continues. 2 pounds down, and I walked/ran for about 30 minutes today. Slow and steady...