The house elves have been busy
The second Alison posted about it, I joined the Charmed Knits Knitalong. Two of my favorite things - Harry Potter and knitting - combined, how could I not?
The book doesn’t come out until May, so in the meantime we are doing a hat knitalong for charity. Here’s my contribution so far.
Project Stats
Pattern: here, all size small except the Ravenclaw narrow stripes which is a medium.
Yarn: Blue, Silver, Black, and Yellow - Lion Wool
Red – Paton’s Classic Merino
Green – Lion Brand Wool-ease
Needles: Denise 7’s for body, 6’s for ribbing
For: Warm Woolies
Started: this batch began on 4/6/07
Finished: 4/18/07
Knit as part of the Charmed Knits Knitalong
I started with the two Ravenclaw hats since that’s the house I would be in. But then I decided I wanted a little more variety, so bought some more yarn and made one for each house. Now I am going to do thick stripe versions of at least the Griffindor and Hufflepuff and then see how my yarn levels look. The green is some leftover yarn, and I don’t like the Wool-ease very much, plus it really has too much acrylic for the warmth of hats they are looking for, so I probably won’t be making anymore Slytherin hats unless I can track down a good shade of green in 100% wool.
I’ve knits a few Harry Potter items over the years (Hatmione, bookscarf), but unfortunately most of the projects don’t make sense for Texas weather. So it’s really fun to be able to do this knitting and send it to someone who needs it. I’d still really like to at least make something for the movie and book events in July, but a House Scarf (which I really want) just doesn’t seem practical. So once I see the patterns in the book, I’ll decide what I want to do.
And lest you think I have been knititng instead of studying, I’ll let you in on the position I spend most of my time in lately.
Law book on lap, knitting in front, laptop in back, and Major sound asleep by my side. He doesn’t seem to mind the studying too much since it means his mommy is home a lot.