Hermione's cable & eyelet hat (free pattern here) came out just right after all! The child sizing is perfect for the 5 year-old I made the hat for, the little eyelets are delightful, the Lush is sooo soft, and I used up almost every last yard of the one skein. I think wee one is going to need one of these for the Fall.

Thanks to Jackie for the awesome pattern and to the Harry Potter Crafters Group on Ravelry for the opportunity to knit along with them!

Oooh, this cable and eyelet hat looks so scrumptious I just want to eat it! Doesn't it make you think of sherbet? or Easter eggs? The cables really stand out in the Lush yarn and the eyelets add such a sweet feminine touch to the hat. I'm enjoying this one very much despite the fact that I'm not quite sure about the sizing. I'm shooting for a 5 yr size and am following instructions for the child size, but am beginning to suspect that the hat will be a bit long. So far everyone in the house (except for hubby) has tried on the hat in my Goldilocks-ian quest for getting the size just right: me, wee, S and then B (even though his head is the exact same size as S's - wee one had caught on to my mission and insisted that "B try hat" too!).

Oooh, don't you just love that soft fluffy angora and that pretty, pretty shade of peach?! This lovely little skein of Lush will become a Hermione Cable & Eyelet Hat for the first knitalong project of the Harry Potter Crafters Group on Ravelry. The group is knitting the Hermione Cable & Bobble Hat & Mittens from my book, Charmed Knits. But for those who have already knit that hat, like me, or who don't have the book, or just like the new hat better, we're including this pattern in our little Hermione knitalong. It looks like a pretty hat and I'm excited to try out the pattern. We're planning a whole year of knitalong projects, possibly including a funny swap and a surprise project. What fun!