House Scarves

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This weekend, Dave and I are going to our first Harry Potter Event!  It is at the museum downtown and is called Return to Hogwarts: A Dinner and Movie!  So exciting!  I can’t get over my excitement to have Butter Beer.  Dave is not as big a Harry Potter fan as I am, but, you see, it is our anniversary and he is being a great sporting wizard.

Of course we have to wear our Hogwart’s House Scarves.  Of course I am still working on them right now.  It took a while to decide who is in what house.  We don’t have a sorting hat or anything.  I’m thinking I’ll just bring all of my scarves and change throughout the night.  You know, like a disguise to get more snacks.

I decided to dye some Super Bulky yarn that I’ve been wanting to try.  The colors turned out pretty nice!

What pattern should I knit?  It would have to be a very quick pattern!  After some time on Ravelry (got distracted by well, everything) I chose the Best Friend Super Bulky Scarf.  Again to save a little time and also in hopes of using just one skein for each scarf, I cast on 11 stitches and used size 15 needles.

I’m on track to finish in time for Sunday!  Cross your wands that I make it.  Also, why can’t I have Mrs. Weasley’s needles?

My pal isn’t too excited about wearing this but would like to eat the yarn.

See you next time, my wizarding friends!

Shana

PS Here are my Amazon affiliate links for a couple of items.  If you click on and order these items, I would receive a teeny bit of compensation.  Thank you kindly!

Harry Potter Knitting Magic Book

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Jacob Wool

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Oops.  I’ve run off the track a little.  I’m supposed to be finishing a birthday sweater for a special someone.  Got distracted.

My sister, Ralene, has a flock of Jacob Sheep (Blue Flower Flock).  Last year she gave me some yarn to dabble around with. IMG_7054

I made a sweater pronto.  Well, pronto for me means a while.  That’s me below in the middle with my two sisters and my not-so-pronto but still awesome sweater made with Jacob Wool.

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(my ravelry project info for my sweater:  Shana’s sweater)

The wool is terrific to work with!  Regarding the cones of brown and white Jacob Wool:    If you look closely at the white, there are little bits of brown spun in as well.  Let me tell you, my hands were very happy.

The other day I had the thought of making up some mini skeins of the Jacob Wool and dyeing a few for my Etsy Shop (Yarn Sundae).  I’ve had a lot of fun with mini skeins.  I love coming up with theme names for them.  It’s a great way to experiment with color combos, too!

I just like winding skeins up for mini skeins.  It is just plain fun.  Then I played with some dyes.  Now I need a project idea.  If you have any thoughts, let me know.  I’ll go for a walk later and see if anything pops into my head (besides Shamrock Shakes).  I’m hoping to pop some of these little Jacobs into the store soon.  If you’ve never tried 100% Jacob Wool, you really must.

While I was on that tangent, I remembered that my mother-in-law, who also has sheep, gave me a couple of cones of her wool.  I’m not sure on the breed information for her wool yet.  I think she has Cotswold and another type.  I had actually dyed a few skeins up but wasn’t too excited about what I had done.  Well, I got these skeins out and decided to knit a little something to see how it went.  I decided on the Boneyard Shawl by Stephen West.  This is a really cool pattern that you can absolutely use any yarn and any needle you wish and it turns out awesome.  For increasing the pattern you can also use yarn overs instead of M1R and M1L which is fun!  I actually am liking how the colors are working up now.  I also do understand how re-skeining yarn that is dyed really helps people to see how things will work up.

I was thinking of typing “when you work with real wool” here.  This is pretty funny.  Almost every yarn I have is REAL wool.  But this wool from my sister and mother-in-law is more REAL.  Sometimes you might see just a little bit of hay that pops out.  While knitting, your hands feel that excellent wooly almost lanolin-y feel.  Oh, and it smells so good!  It is so different than your commercially made merino/nylons.  I love those, too.  You’ve just got to use it.

I invite you to check out the Livestock Conservancy Site to see more information about heritage breeds like the Jacob Sheep and also read about the Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em program that is available to fiber artists who work with wool from heritage breeds.

This past May I met up with both of my sisters at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival.  My sister, Ralene, was part of the Jacob Sheep Breeders Association Booth. Ralene at Woolfest 2019

When I say part, I mean she was there all day long each day talking to people about her sheep and the wool and all of the fun things that go with it.  She knows a lot of stuff and worked her tail off!  This coming May, I hear that the Jacob Sheep may be the model for 2020!  Wow, models!  Here are some of my sister’s sheep and new lambs from this year!

One more word about the 2019 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival:  There was an information booth at the festival that had wool and knit samples of each type of around 80 different breeds of sheep.  It was so interesting to be able to feel each type, see how the wool worked up, and read about how the wool is obtained.  I was surprised to read that a couple of sheep just had their fleece fall off or get plucked off rather than getting a visit from a shearer.  Neat stuff!

There are so many wonderful yarns in the world to work with.  This is dangerous for a distracted knitter like me!  Isn’t this a wonderful time to be involved with the fiber arts?  I also appreciate that my family doesn’t solely depend on me to make them clothes as they would be wearing burlap sacks as there would be 150 partially finished things here and there.  Hooray for 2020!

What is the most interesting type of yarn you’ve worked with lately?

See you next time!

Shana

Red Mittens

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February is here!  The month of Red Mittens!

I can’t think of anything that looks as good as a mitten made with red Lamb’s Pride yarn.  The regal beauty of it…almost even shiny!  Nothing like it, I say!

I have been looking high and low in my house (kind of a theme I’ve got going lately) for a mitten that I had made a while back.  Notice I didn’t type mittens.  Yes, only one.  And also there is no thumb yet.  ahem  lol

Anyway, finally, I found the prize I have been looking high and low for!  It was in a nice little tote in my craft room the whole time.  To clarify, that would be craft room number two.

I’ve been wanting to share this mitten for more than a month as it has been eating away at me to find it and shout it’s beauty to the world.  Yep.

The pattern is an interesting FREE pattern on Ravelry called Very Cabley Mittens by Kelly Porpiglia.  I love how the cuff is a cute little mock cable.  Fancy!   The pattern has you make a left and a right so that when the mittens are on hands, they look symmetrical.  If you had two, that is.

I think you should cast one on for your Valentine!  Maybe I’ll even add a thumb and make a second one…maybe.  Maybe use a different color even!

Oh, I feel so much better!  I found that mitten I’ve wanted to share for so long!  Relief!  Now where are my double points to make Mitten Number Two?

See you next time!

Shana

PS Moments after taking pictures of my lovely red mitten, my little doggie friend grabbed it in her mouth and decided it was hers.  I let her hold it for about 4 seconds.  Sorry, little lady.

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Here is a link to my Etsy Shop where I have a couple of colors of Lamb’s Pride:  Shana’s Etsy Shop.

Amazon Affiliate Links:

Here are some tools in case you need anything.   As an affiliate, I would receive a small compensation if you click the link.

Knitter’s Pride Size 6 Double Points

Clover Takumi Size 6 Double Points

January Trunk Show

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Whoa, January, you wacky lady!  This is your last day!  The last thing I remember was you had just begun and then wham-o you are finished.

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The past month and a half here at my house has been spent, besides holiday happenings, dyeing yarn in preparation for my very first trunk show for my hand dyed yarn line called Yarn Sundae.  You see, I have a thing about yarn and ice cream so it seemed to make sense.

My studio (aka garage) has been hustling and bustling!  I would get up with oodles of ideas in the morning and get to work.

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Well, of course, first came the dog farming which does take a lot of time and expertise!  Some days were tough because it gets cold in the garage.  Sadly there was a stretch of weather that sat at one degree and my fingers couldn’t take it.  My dogs were glad.  We hung out together.  They are warm.

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Luckily, things warmed up and production continued.   My husband likes to say “Yep, my wife’s out dyeing in the garage again.”  Should I worry that this cracks him up?

The hardest thing of this task was waiting for yarn to dry.  It is a true test of a person’s grit.

Finally, the day for me to head north to a yarn shop called Fibre in Neenah, WI,  (Fibre’s website).  Tori from Fibre has carried my yarn in her shop for a bit while I lived in the area.  The weather was trying it’s hardest to keep me down with it’s gross fog, sleet, and snow, but heck no, it wasn’t going to stop me.

I was trying to make the whole packing and unpacking thing as stream-lined as possible for just one person and so my husband let me borrow his golf club bag to load yarn.  What a great idea!  I only had to roll two things into the shop along with a grid wall stand.  It was very quick!  You may see some yarn hanging on a hanger in my car below.  That is because it still hadn’t dried yet.  Ugh, yarn drying!

Anyway, long story short, I made it to Wisconsin!  On a semi-quick side note:  the second I hit the state line of Wisconsin, I started daydreaming about The February Lady Sweater based on Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Two Needle Baby Sweater from her Knitter’s Almanac.  (February Lady Sweater by Pamela Wynne on Ravelry)   Certain types of weather and I guess states make me think of this.  Tomorrow is February.  Could I possibly undertake making that?  Oh geez.  I want to cast on right now.  But I do have a sweater I’m making for my son who has a birthday in March.  If only my name was Molly Weasley.

Back to the topic!  Saturday had arrived and I was as giddy as Ralphie from the Christmas Story waiting for his Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle.  Also I was daydreaming as if I was Ralphie when he turned in his paper and the teacher said A+++++++++++++.  A+ for all of my yarn.  Note to self:  stop daydreaming so much.

 

It was a lot of fun chatting with old friends and new that Saturday in Neenah, WI!  I’m very thankful to Tori for inviting me up and for all those who ventured out that day!

Now I am wondering what is next?  I can’t wait!

Are you going to cast on the February Lady Sweater?  Enable me, please!

See you next time!

Shana

PS Here are some more pictures of my yarns from the trunk show.  You can visit my Etsy Shop to see some or let me know if you have any questions!  (My Etsy Shop)

 

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Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Commemorative Edition Knitter’s Almanac

Original Knitter’s Almanac

Knitting Pure and Simple

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Have you decided in this new year that you would like to make a sweater?  Are you looking to make a very quick sweater from a pattern that you totally can trust to produce a wearable item?  Maybe you want to tackle a sock for the first time?  Perhaps you want to practice working with circular needles or double points and get a great knitted item at the end of that time?

During this holiday break, my daughter, Megan said she wanted to make her own sweater!  AAAAAH!  How exciting!  When I was running my yarn shop, my go-to patterns to share with customers started with Knitting Pure and Simple written by Diane Soucy (Knitting Pure and Simple’s website).  Diane does an excellent job of writing clearly so that you can easily understand your task and it also makes you excited to see what’s next!

Megan browsed through my patterns and selected the Mid-weight Neck Down Pullover #265 (#265)

She has been able to complete the body of the sweater in about a week!

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She has learned increasing, working with circular needles, and measuring and measuring and wondering when is the body of the sweater going to be long enough.  lol  It’s been a great learning experience for her and also has shown her YES you can make your own sweater quite easily!  One other nice point for doing sweaters like this that are knit in the round is that there is no seaming.  When you are done knitting, you’re practically done except for weaving in the ends and blocking…unless you are a wild renegade who just won’t do either!  heehee

If you want to give socks a try on double points or magic loop, you could try #9728 Beginner Socks (#9728) which are made with a worsted weight yarn and literally fly by, especially if binge watching The Gilmore Girls on a snowy afternoon.  When you are comfortable with the process of how socks go, try #216 which is made with fingering weight yarn (#216)

Your next knitting adventure awaits!  These patterns can open knitting doors to you that you never thought possible.  Eh, maybe, maybe not…so dramatic…but I’ve never regretted sharing these with anyone or knitting them myself.

Proudly I own almost every pattern written by Diane.  I have a teeny bit of catching up to do on the newer ones.  Goals!

Have you knitted with these patterns before?  Which is your favorite?

See you next time!

Shana

 

 

PS  This isn’t a paid endorsement or anything…I just really love these.

 

 

2020!

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This is 2020!

(Thanks, Barbara Walters!)

Here’s hoping that your holiday times were everything you had hoped for!  How did your knitting go?  I was pretty happy with the amount of knitted gifts that I completed but I did have a few re-thinks on my list.  Note to self again:  start planning earlier next year.  You know I won’t though, right?  I guess that’s part of the fun!

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Finished scarf for Sean

Do you do resolutions?  I like to push myself into doing something that I’ve been thinking of but haven’t taken action on.  A few years back, my project was my blog.  lol

I had played around with it here and there but things came up and I kind of forgot to do it.  I had set up a goal to blog every single day.  It worked pretty well for a while and I enjoyed it very much.  Ah, and then stuff.  My focus went elsewhere.

These last two months chatting with you here has been such a wonderful time.  Ideas have been regularly popping up (mostly after coming back from long walks) to add to my blog.  I am hoping that the ideas continue to flow!  I’m giving myself an It’s Okay if it’s not every day but also a little kick in the shorts if it’s been a long stretch of time.

Coming up next for me:  I have my very first Trunk Show for my hand dyed yarn biz, Yarn Sundae!  (Yarn Sundae Etsy Shop)  Tori, who owns The Fibre Shop (The Fibre Shop website) in Neenah, WI, asked if we could get together sometime and do this.  Well, how fun to be able to get to hang out with folks at her shop and share my yarn!  I can’t wait to see friends that I haven’t seen since moving!

I’ve been busy dyeing up some new things and trying to keep my list of to-dos down to a manageable roar.  My eyes are bigger than my dye pots sometimes!

 

If you are near Neenah, WI on January 25, please, please drop by and say HI!

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What have you been thinking about a lot lately that you haven’t done?  I say to you, “Hey, no time better than the present!  What do you have to lose?”

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Good luck!

Happy New Year and see you next time!

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Super Speedy Scarf for a Son

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It’s happening again.  I am trying to squeeze in a few more gifts in the week before Christmas.  At least I didn’t go for a sweater!  Progress!

I needed something for one of my sons (If you are one of my sons, STOP right here.  Close this and go to bed.  Seriously, do I think my sons would read my blog??  haha)  and so I of course was spending lots of valuable time on Ravelry.  I tend to lean toward the Mistake Rib pattern for a lot of guy-people in my family.  So in needing to shake it up a bit, I stumbled upon a free pattern called the Staggered Rib Scarf by Suzie Blackman (Suzie Blackman’s Staggered Rib Scarf).

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I’m using bulky yarn from Michael’s called Charisma.  I really like how soft this yarn feels and this is important for people of the family who are extra sensitive and will say my beautiful wools are scratchy.  hmm

I cast on 20 stitches instead of 24 because for some reason I think that four stitches less would totally allow me to finish quicker.  Yep.

What a fun pattern this is!  I love the slip stitch edges and it keeps me on my toes to make for an interesting knitting time!  Here are some tips to maybe help you out if you’d like to whip out a scarf for someone quickly:

  1.  When the first couple of rows are established, the even rows (besides the first slip stitch) you will “do what you see”.  If you see a knit stitch, you knit it and it you see a purl stitch, you purl it.
  2. The slip stitches also are done by way of what you see.  As you start a row, if you see a knit stitch, you slip the stitch knitwise.  If you see a purl stitch to start, you slip the stitch purlwise.  Suzie also puts a small p by the slip stitch to help you out.  If you don’t see anything, slip the stitch knitwise.  Gee, does this make sense?  It sure looks good when you do it that way.
  3. Only take a break when you have completed the row series so that when you pick up your knitting again, you know you will be ready to start with row 2.

This thing really flies along!

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If you need additional help to get your project done quickly, I highly recommend audio books.  I’ve been using Libby with my local library and have gone through half of the Harry Potter books (the wait list is pretty big so the other half should be coming in maybe 5 to 6 weeks!), Lauren Graham’s book “Talking As Fast As I Can” (I am such a huge Gilmore Girls fan and to be able to hear Lauren actually reading it is such a treat), Amy Poehler’s “Yes, Please” (Also to hear Amy actually reading this is beyond anything I could imagine!), and now I am listening to “Where’d You Go, Bernadette”.  I seriously knit faster when I am listening to these!  Things have been really getting done around my house.  Well, not cleaning or anything, just knitting.  I am a pretty slow and unproductive knitter in reality so this is great.  Whatever works for you!

I hope you enjoy your week before Christmas!

See you next time!

PS My dog now goes to the “picture spot” when I bring my knitting projects to take a picture.  She poses.  She may be a diva!

If you need tools or books, below are my Amazon Affiliate links:

Addi Turbo 16″ circular size 10.5 (I knit back and forth on my circular rather than using a straight needle)

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Lauren Graham’s Talking As Fast As I Can Book (not audio however unless you pick Audbile)

Amy Poehler’s Yes, Please (paperback)

Harry Potter Set (paperback)

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? (paperback)

 

Quick Little Cowl

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It snowed a few inches last night.  It was beautiful.  It was a snow that fell like the inside of a snow globe!  It also was a snow that we didn’t have to drive in which is very helpful!  This morning we did the should we shovel, run the snow blower, or wait until it melts thing.  Also the work out or no thing happened.  I opted for the shovel instead of working out way to go.  The husband offered to use the snow blower but how would that count as my workout?

Cue Rocky Music now.  I don’t know why but when I start shoveling, I start to think about Rocky.  Mostly Rocky 4 when he was training in Russia to fight against Drago … you know the one.  He was throwing logs, running in the snow, pulling sleds, and maybe shoveling the driveway.   Get your motivation going and watch it:  Rocky 4 Training

As it turned out, the snow was pretty fluffy and easy to move.  We have a looonnnnggg driveway so there’s the workout.  By the end I for sure was raising my shovel in the air with a Yeah and doing a little jog in place with the feeling of victory.  What the neighbors might think if that was true!

Why this is important to my knitting:  when I have a project that shows my progress and a quick feeling of accomplishment, there’s no stopping me, Drago!  haha  When I have a very long project, I know I have a lot of opportunity to keep those knitting fires burning.  Long story short…here’s a quick project (this is a weird post lol) that will give you a nice feeling of accomplishment, a chance to practice with a little patterning, and a really nice gift for someone…all real quick-like!

I dyed this yarn which is a newer one to me from my yarn supplier.  It is labeled as a super bulky but is more like a slightly bigger regular bulky.  This new colorway is called Fuzzy Poster which makes me so happy.  The project used the entire skein.  Down to the nubs, people.

One more thing before we dive in.  I am a ginormous fan of Barbara G. Walker’s books.  She has a set of four books that feature different stitch patterns in a series called Treasury of Knitting Patterns.  I like to flip through these to get some inspiration for different and quick knits.  I also have the set of four books called The Stitch Collection that I refer to.  These are nice small, portable books that tuck in the knitting bag easily.  This pattern is a combination of both.

Finally, now, getting to the meat and potatoes:

Fuzzy Poster Quick Cowl  

Tools:  100 yards bulky yarn        16″ circular needle size 11         stitch marker

Gauge 3.5 to 4 sts to the inch (I am guilty of not measuring my gauge before I started.  Don’t tell anyone.  lol  This project wasn’t affected by the gauge so unless you are a super duper tight knitter it should work out.  If it doesn’t fit over your head, too tight.  If you are very loose, that should work out okay.)

Abbreviations:

K2tog:  Knit 2 stitches together (a decrease)

SSK:  Slip, slip and Knit these two slip stitches together (a decrease)

Cast on 77 stitches to your circular needle.  Join in the round and be sure to place a marker to signify the beginning of the round.  Be careful not to twist this first round of stitches.

Row 1:  Knit all stitches around.

Row 2:  Purl all stitches around.

Row 3:  Knit all stitches around.

Row 4:  Purl  all stitches around.

Row 5:  Knit all stitches around.

Row 6:  *K2tog, K2, knit into the front and back of each of the next 2 stitches, K3, SSK.  Repeat from *.

Row 7:  Knit all stitches around

Repeat Rows 6 and 7 three more times for a total of 13 rows for the pattern.

Repeat all 13 rows two more times for a total of 3 pattern segments.

Repeat Rows 1 through 5 and cast off.

Confession time:  Yes, sometimes I go a little wonky in my knitting and if you are like me, here is what you can do.  If you are seriously out of time or don’t have 100 yards of yarn, only do a total of 10 rows in the pattern segment.  You also can only do rows 1 through 3 if you’d rather have less of a garter stitch edge.  Roll with it, people, just like Rocky!  Maybe you would like to make a flat scarf or a hat with this pattern.  Go for it!  It’s an entertaining and ridiculously good looking stitch pattern.  It also works super well with variegated yarns which is why I mainly picked it.

Now go forth and make cowls for everyone!   Also make one for your dog!

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Thanks to my beautiful models!

See you next time!

I have a few skeins of this bulky Fuzzy Poster yarn that I hope to add to my Etsy shop soon:

My Etsy Shop: Yarn Sundae

Update for Flat Knit Scarf:

If you would like to make a flat scarf (narrow) rather than the cowl, here are some directions (the same abbreviations apply as above) :

With size 11 needles, cast on 22 stitches.

Row 1-3:  Knit all stitches.

Row 4:  *K2tog, K2, knit into the front and back of each of the next 2 stitches, K3, SSK.  Repeat from *.

Row 5:  Purl all stitches.

Repeat Rows 4 and 5 three more times for a total of 11 rows for the pattern.

Repeat rows 2-11 until you’ve reach desired scarf length.

(Be sure to save enough yarn for the last 3 rows and to bind off.)

Repeat rows 1-3 and then cast off.  You will notice that the cast off edge is straighter than your beginning edge with this pattern.

Hermione’s Mini Elf Hats

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Holiday knitting!  How do you get it done quicker?

The answer is:  listen to Harry Potter books through Libby audio books!  But then, if you do this a lot, you begin to think of things in wizard terms.  Why won’t my needles magically click and get these projects done?  Did I actually say Accio Needle when my double point fell on the floor?  Did I quietly just say, “Mental, that one” to my self when I messed up that pattern?  Oh, yes.  It’s true!  lol

Recently, besides making knit gifts, I have been enjoying opening up my Bumblebee Acre Farm’s Downton Abbey Advent calendar.  I’m also knitting the MKAL that goes with it.  I found myself with lots of little scraps of yarn.  They are just beautiful and I don’t want to let them just sit around.  So of course I will make little Elf Hats just like Hermione did to free house elves!

I recently went to a Holiday Yarn event in Bloomington, IL that was held at a store called Le Mouton Rouge Knittery.  Hanging throughout the store was garland that was made up of little tiny adorable knit hats.  Each one was so precious, made with beautiful sock yarn.  Some were even turned into pins!

Those hats stuck in my mind’s eye for quite a few days.  Naturally the next step appeared easily in my Harry Potter influenced brain.  I must make Hermione’s Elf Hats with my beautiful leftovers from my Advent calendar!

Please find my little recipe for hats below.  Share with everyone you know who might possess little beautiful leftovers that need to be hats!  Once they are made, give the little adorable hats out as gifts to all who need them, especially if they happen to be little tiny House Elves who need clothes!  Feel free to add to the pattern as you see fit!  Nothing is set in a Sorcerer’s Stone!

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Hermione’s Mini Elf Hats

Size 1 or 2 double point needles, Scraps of Fingering Weight Yarn, pom poms (I didn’t worry about gauge.)

Cast on 28 stitches to one double point needle.  Divide onto 3 needles as follows:  10 on needle one, 10 on needle two, and 8 on needle 3.  Join into a round and knit in this ribbing pattern around *K1 P1* .  Continue in the pattern for about an inch and a half.  In the next round continue to knit all stitches around for another inch to an inch and a half depending on your yarn remaining.  For the last round, *Knit 2 together* around.  Pull yarn throughout the remaining stitches on the needle.  Weave in ends of yarn on inside of hat.  Add Pom Pom if desired.  (I found useful little pom poms that happened to fall off of a holiday sweater I had gotten a while ago at Kohl’s or for my second hat, I used the smallest Clover Pom Pom maker and trimmed it way down.)  Again feel free to modify as you need!  Knit a fair isle pattern, add a cable, knit the hat longer and decrease along the way to create a true elf hat!  The sky is the limit!  Please share your pictures of your hats with me!  Spread the Mini Elf Hats throughout the world!  Enjoy!

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I will probably make some with heavier yarns soon!  I have lots of scraps, you know!  Stay tuned!

See you next time!

 

My Afflilate Amazon links in case you need any tools:

Clover Pom Pom Maker Extra Small

Knitter’s Pride Karbonz 6″ Needle size 1 double points

Knitter’s Pride Zings 6″ Size 1 double points

Clover 5″ Double Points Size 1  (5″ long double points are nice for such a small amount of stitches versus 6″ long or more)

Knitting Sewing Needles

Unicorn scissors

Clover 5″ Double Points Size 2