At this point you should be ready to mount the blank on the lathe. As I do not have a jaw chuck I mounted using the spur and live centers. Putting the pre=drilled hole into the live center and pressing the other side into my spur center.

Once it's mounted start to turn, taking small passes until round. I used a roughing gouge but this is really a matter of preference, if you are more comfortable with a skew use a skew.

Once the blank is mostly round, I used my hand to test the size and mark the area that i'll part off with a pen. This allows me to concentrate on the section of the blank i'll actually be using

Continue to turn the blank until it is completely round and to the desired thickness. Again I stop the lathe several times throughout the turning, testing the feel of the handle with my hand.

At this point you could move onto sanding, but I grabbed my parting tool and added a couple embellishments to the bottom. Then I sanded up to 600 grit, I probably did not need to go quite this high but since I had the paper I did.

Once the handle is sanded, you can use the parting tool to separate the bottom from the waste piece. Be cautious as you get close to separating the pieces as you do not want the handle to be thrown off the lathe.

You will need to sand the bottom and top to match the rest of the scoop.