The phrase "crime scene do not cross" repeats twice the length of the scarf. The characters are woven into the scarf with black yarn. The scarf is ~4" wide with 3" fringes on the ends.

I was hoping to get the same effect wearing this scarf as seen in the product picture with one end of the scarf visibly showing "crime scene" and the other end of the scarf after being wrapped once around the neck showing "do not cross". This is only possible if you wrap the scarf very tightly against your neck (feels somewhat choking to me). The effect I got wrapping a bit more loosely to be comfortable was closer to "crime sce -- (wrap around neck once) -- not cross". The scarf is warm, but I would have liked the scarf to be adjusted to be a little longer and/or show all of the text without having to wrap so tightly.