Okay - if there could be two difficulty ratings, I’d put them both: one for deciphering the pattern, and one for actually knitting it. Someone on Ravelry linked to this very helpful website. It was the beginning that was so confusing, but I think there was no clear indication that you begin this pattern on row 5. I also noticed some people were concerned about removing the fringe - some had reported losing some of the main part of the scarf! So I found another link to a helpful video. Once you get going, this is a really fast knit - worked on this in between other projects!! I will be making another for my mom very soon.