UPDATE: Alligator Stitch / Crocodile Stitch Neck Warmer!

TA-DA!   I'm finished my first crocodile-stitched crochet item:

All I have to do is sew in the ends and add a button and it will be ready to wear.  It's pretty thick and I think it  will be nice and warm for winter.

Here is the finished item.  I wrote out the materials and final row count to equal the 26 inches required for this pattern:

My former "progress" pictures are here"
Alligator Stitch / Crocodile Stitch Neckwarmer:
http://crochetgottaloveit.blogspot.com/2012/01/alligator-stitch-crocodile-stitch-neck.html