Harry Potter Scarf

Tonight I finally finished the project that I had been hoping to do for a very long time.   I made my first Gryffindor Harry Potter Scarf!

 

 

This was a project I had planned years ago and even purchased the yarn for, but I had too many other projects to work on (Can you say BSU blanket that took forever!!!) Even as I approach 25 years old I still consider the Harry Potter series to be one of my favorites.  The universal theme of good vs. evil is so wonderfully portrayed in this series I feel as if it will never get old.  And besides, who doesn't wish they would have received that coveted Hogwarts acceptance letter when they were eleven.   Life's tough being a muggle :)

 

 

To make this scarf I simply used rows upon rows of double crochet.  Then I toped everything off with some good ol' fringe.   Because I tend to be a super nerd, I had to add the little detail that each block of color has seven rows (One for each book/year)  I was making this for a very tall friend so I had to make sure it was a long scarf.   I ended up doing 18 blocks of color.

 

I can tell you right now that if you enjoy crochet and plan on doing this, be prepared for the monotonous task of sewing in your ends.  I would have had this scarf complete before Christmas, but for those darn ends.   Its the curse of having to switch colors so often.  Because of the drastic difference of the two colors I don't recommend hiding your yarn underneath as you go (I think the colors would show through too much) just take that extra time to complete the pesky chore of sewing the yarn in at the end.

 

 

Hopefully very soon I will get a chance to make a Slytherin themed one for my husband, and then I can go purchase more yarn to make one of these Gryffindor ones for myself!  Then maybe one day I'll grab my scarf and set out in hopes of finding platform 9 3/4. :)

 

Here are a few photos of myself modeling the scarf before I gave it to him.  Since I'm so short I had to wrap it twice around my neck to make it the right length!

 

Hope you enjoyed this.

 

Simple Hat and Scarf.

Christmas before last I had my coworker pick out some yarn and promised her a scarf.   Well at the time I was working on my BSU blanket for my sister and had little time for anything else.  Needless to say, the scarf got put off.  Well about a month ago I decided I wanted to start working on the scarf and I wanted to try something different.   Normally when you are making a stitch in crochet you do it into the two loops on the very top that form a V.  Well I decided to do a slight alteration on the front loop only stitch (Which, as it sounds, means you only crochet into the front loop)  I decided to make my double crochet stitches into the two front loops.   I simply love the texture this added to my scarf.   Also the co-worker I was making this for is quite the artistic spirit so I didn't feel like I could give the scarf normal fringe.  She always wears her hair in a braid. So I decided to incorporate some braids into the fringe and I love it.  


For the hat I wanted to try something new, yet not too complex.  I searched Pinterest and came across this pattern. 

http://www.crochetrochelle.com/2013/11/pretty-girl-beanie.html?m=1

I ended up turning the half double crochet into single crochet and doing a few less rows than called for.   I followed the pattern for a medium adult and even though my gauge matched I felt like the hat was quite loose.  If I were to use this pattern again I would probably go with the teen size. I also wasn't wanting to make a flower.  I wanted the hat to be simple (after all the yarn had so many colors to it!)


Here are a few pictures!

The Scarf:

 Hat and Scarf:

 

 The Hat:

 

The Fringe:



 

 

 

 

I hope that you enjoyed this!