In January I bought some lovely straight knitting needles from Knitpicks so I could knit scarves. They are size 13 (9.0 mm). I'm really enjoying knitting with these needles.
I also bought a collection of small skeins of acrlic yarn from Amazon in pinks and purple tones. I'm using 9 of these skeins to knit a scarf. I'm using up each skein and knitting 4 rows in between each color with a color I found in my stash. I'm calling this the ugliest scarf I've ever seen, but I think when I wear it next winter I'll love it.
Here's a picture of the first three colors and the start of the fourth.