Double Knitting Totoro Scarf

So I always wondered how you knitted a scarf. (I know that may sound really silly, I thought they were the easiest things to knit) By that I mean how both sides are stockinette stitch. I assumed that you knitted 2 sides and stitched them together, which seemed like too much hard work (and like it would take ages) and I guess that is one way you can do it... but, I discovered double knitting!
First impressions were that it looked so amazing with a negative image on the 'back'. As usual I searched ravelry until I found a suitably difficult pattern to attempt to follow (instead of doing something easy becuase it's the first time Ive tried this technique).

So this is what I've got so far (and again I'll apologise for my crappy photography skills - who would believe I actually studied photography at college?!)

The colours Ive used (are actually from what my mum and I refer to as the 10 year jumper, which is a jumper my mum started knitting for me a good few years ago, actually more than 10 years now, and gave up on! She gave it to me to finish but with no idea what size she was knitting I'd pretty much have to start it again so decided it would be much better to use the wool for my awesome scarf) are beige and denim (not at all like the photos *sigh*)
As you can probably tell Ive struggled a bit with the chart. Having 3 boys under 5 years old running around causing mayhem whilst trying to follow a chart which is complicated enough without the fact that every time you turn your work to the 'wrong side' you have a negative image. So please forgive the obvious mistakes Ive made.

I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do next, with the middle part I mean, all I know is that it will have another similar (hopefully mistake free) image on the other end.
I'm toying with the idea of doing more clouds and rain in the middle section, adding some soot sprites and nordic stars, attempting to make the word 'Totoro' readable on both sides or just leaving it plain.

Any suggestions of idea would be greatly appreciated!


I've completely fallen in love with this technique so have another (at least) 3 projects planned, with a dr who, a game of thrones and a hobbit/ lord of the rings inspired scarf. I'm also hoping to try at least one with a self striping yarn and black as the colour combination as Ive seen some done with this and they look amazing!
I also have a dr who jumper in the planning stages. I'm going take some inspiration from charts Ive seen and make my own chart the same as I did with the star wars one. Hopefully my husband will like it and will actually wear this one! And of course he is still requesting I knit a Herbalife jumper for him as he's a distributer so many more porjects on my to do list then I really have the time for and I will insist on googling things (like double knitting scarves) that keep that project list ever increasingly long!