that's what i thought too, given you can knit a scarf from a single ball in a few hours. and i'm not even a good knitter (crochet ftw)

What i want to know is what kind of knitter can go into a yarn shop and only buy one skein!? that's some epic discipline right there; there's nothing worse than going away with two balls of yarn and running out then having to return to the shop trying to search for the right dye lot :'(