blocking a beaded neck-thingy i made

it's way too wide for a neck warmer but not wide enough to double. well, live and learn. i used sport weight baby alpaca and smallish circulars (probably a 5). i cast on 88 and did it all in double rib; K2, P2. every other row on the pearls, i slipped in a bead (of course ALL of the beads have to be strung PRIOR to you starting to knit. here it is being blocked. (i'm trying to make it longer and skinnier. we'll see if that works out