the blue blog archives: weasley's weekly wizard wheezes

Amanda finished a HiP scarf and made THE COOLEST gift label to wrap it up
Amanda made a Gryffindor hat for charity
Jeanne finished an Azkaban scarf for gifting
Jenn knit about a million holiday prezzies, including a HiP scarf
Katherine made a HiP tie gift
Sandy made a J weasley for the perfect Christmas present
and Shireen finished her X weasley for her niece!

Becky was working on a Slytherin PoA scarf
Caren started a gorgeous Hufflepuff scarf
and Cirilia's F weasley had to be put on hold to make time for holiday gift knitting

Now that I am practically done with my holiday knitting, I've started my Hermione mittens. This pattern is addictive!

posted by alison at 9:18 am | in another weasley

Comments

Oh my! I love that pattern!

Posted by: Scout at December 31, 2005 9:35 AM

The mittens look great, as did the hat. Happy New Year!!!

Posted by: marichan at December 31, 2005 10:03 AM

I bought the Hermione pattern, hoping to make them for my 9 year old niece. Do you have any suggestions (other than knitting on smaller needles) for adjusting the size? The part of the pattern that really surprised me is the length - are they really 11 inches long??? If so, do you think it would be possible to take out a pattern repeat, in addition to making the cuff shorter?

Thanks, and Happy New Year!

Posted by: janna at December 31, 2005 11:13 AM

Janna, the mittens would be a lovely gift for your niece. Yeah, I would suggest using a finer yarn, so you can size things down a bit and then shortening the cuff and the number of rows before the thumb gusset gets going and before you divide for the thumb. And then taking out a repeat on the hand sounds like a good way to get rid of an extra couple of inches.

I'm curious to see how big mine come out!

Posted by: alison at December 31, 2005 11:55 AM

the boys and i saw GoF on wednesday. wow, what a movie! and yes, i was oggling the scarves.

Posted by: minnie at December 31, 2005 2:36 PM

Pretty! I really like the colors of the yarn.

Posted by: Julia at December 31, 2005 2:50 PM

Wow! The colors for the Hermione mittens are beautiful! The yarn would be the addicting part for me, I think! :) Can't wait to see them when they're completed!

Posted by: Melissa at December 31, 2005 6:10 PM

I love how well your needles coordinate with your yarn! Very fun.

Posted by: Laura at December 31, 2005 11:02 PM

I plan to make the Hermoine hat and my Slytherin socks this month (once I get the ok to knit again). I'll pobably want to make the mittens too, they're lovely!

Posted by: amysue at January 1, 2006 9:50 AM

I sent you an email to join but just to cover all my bases - Could I join the Another Weasley Along?

Posted by: stephanie at January 1, 2006 3:15 PM

Love the Herminone mittens. When I made the hat, I also improvised a Hermione purse. It turned out great, and I bought a fat quarter of Harry Potter fabric on Ebay to line it with--way cool. If I could figure out how to upload a picture here, I'd show you. Ah, well, you can use your imagination. :)

Posted by: Annie Driscoll at January 1, 2006 4:33 PM

I finished my Harry Potter sweater!

Posted by: Susan at January 4, 2006 11:55 AM

I have been reading your site for a while, and thought I should share a neat link to see which house you belong at Hogwart's Academy. Both my husband and I are Ravenclaws! Here is the link:
http://nimbo.net/quiz/houses.html

Have a great New Year!
Kimberly
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Posted by: Kimberly at January 4, 2006 11:13 PM