I finished knitting something for myself (finally!) today. It's the Hermione hat pattern from atypically, and it was so much fun to do! I taught myself cables, bobbles (fun!) and double pointed needle knitting, so it's a good intermediate project. It's not perfect, but I love it. I chose a coral/salmon type color (which is my current obsession) ( Read more... )

I think I might have mentioned wanting to get Hermione's Cable and Bobble Hat pattern off of Atypically.knit. Well I did and here's the result of me knitting off and on on it for about a month.

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I haven't been horribly active in the community lately, but since I have a HP finished object I thought I would take the opportunity to post.

I finished a Hatmione the other day, and have been wearing it since.

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1. Can any of you recommend a good Christmas stocking pattern? If the pattern can be altered to use Hogwarts house colors, that's certainly a plus. :)

2. To anyone working on the Hatmione pattern -- has anyone tried using a different yarn instead of Cascade 200? If so, what did you use and how did it go? And has anyone tried working the pattern with ( Read more... )

Because a few folks had expressed interest, I just wanted to let y'all know that the pattern for Hermione's red hat is up at atypically.knit. It's available as a downloadable PDF or in hardcopy through ze mail.

Enjoy! :D

Okay, okay, I bite. :)

Name: Lauren

Location: NYC

URL: well, vlamidala obviously, but also atypically.net, atypically.knit, WizardTies.com... the list goes on and on these days. :p

WiPs: an embarrassingly large number right now! There's a PoA Gryffindor scarf in Encore Worsted blocking on the couch, a still-not-yet-blocked Hermione hat on a glass head ( Read more... )