Harry Potter House Scarves

In honor of my birthday week, I'd like to talk about something I love - Harry Potter (big surprise).  In November, the penultimate movie was released.  I decided this was an excellent time to try my hand at making some scarves in the style of the latter movies.    It was quite a learning process.  I used a technique that was new to me called tunisian crochet and did some blocking for the first time.  In total, I made 8 scarves - 5 Gryffindor, 2 Ravenclaw, and 1 Syltherin.

I started by buying all the yarn I needed.  My table looked like it vomited Harry Potter Yarn.



I used this pattern to make the scarves.  The pattern calls for an I hook to be used with worsted weight yarn, but I ended up moving up to a J and it was so much easier to work with.  Also, I think on the next round I will try putting the bars a little further apart, maybe 21 main color rows rather than 14.  I finished about 5 and then blocked them all together on the table.  I  use the foam puzzle mats they make for kids' rooms under a towel to block.  It gives me something the stick pins in that will also keep the table dry.



I didn't know it, but cats have a thing for wet wool.  I came home from work the next day and had to shoo Mendel off the table all day.  The last 3 scarves were blocked in my room with the door shut.

After 3 months and almost 3 miles of yarn, I finished all 8 scarves in time for them to be packed and shipped to their recipients before the opening of the 7th movie.



I definitely found some things I didn't love about the pattern and learned a lot about what blocking can do, so I'm looking forward to the next bunch (2 Gryffindor and 4 Ravenclaw), knowing what to expect.