Work your provisional CO directly onto one of your 40” needles, let it hang out in your work while you continue on… knitting with the other needles. A little stockinette, a little garter, followed by a bit of entrelac, a little more garter, followed by a fair bit more stockinette before making the whole thing into a tube with a three needle bind-off. Pick up Sts and close off the ends of your tube with some garter stitch.

This scarf is thick and warm (the fabric is doubled the full length). I find it fun to twist around and arrange so all textures and colors are showing at any one time.