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How to knit a Harry Potter scarf by cclairee

"Time-consuming."

How I did it: Worth it just to see the geeky glee on my best friend's face when I present it to her, though. Messed up a little, but that's the charm of a handmade object, right?

I did about 160 rows in six hours this morning in a fit of "I want this done." My hands hurt and I passed out right afterwards. :P

Knit over the course of one Harry Potter movie, two X-Men movies, two seasons of The IT Crowd, a couple episodes of Buffy, a Vienna Teng album and The Decemberists' Hazards of Love.

Lessons & tips:

  1. Rest your hands.
  2. Knit to movies and TV shows.
  3. Have a deadline or it'll never get done.

Resources: http://www.ohmystars.net/craft/knitting/pdiagon.html">Pattern


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May 27, 03:06PM PDT | 1 comment | 4 cheers



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sarah876

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How I did it: It took forever......it was my first time knitting anything, and I wanted it to be perfect.....there were so many times where I had to back track and I wanted to give up. I also really wanted the scarf to be super long. So there were many times when I wanted to stop, but I kept going in an effort to achieve my goal. And I finally got it done in time. I had it all ready to go with my hogwarts robe(which I also made) and I got to wear it al… Read how I did it…

Sep 19, 09:08PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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    Gemma courage, dear heart.

    on my way! 3 months ago

    now my grandma has taught me to knit, i have started to knit my gryffindor scarf. i’m only on the first red stripe right now, but hopefully once i get better at knitting i will get faster and have it done quickly for the winter time!

    Aug 09, 02:33PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


    Gemma courage, dear heart.

    ready, set .. 5 months ago

    i’ve decided i’m going to start on this right away!

    of course, this is all tied up in one of my other 43things: learn to knit! so i’m going to try and visit my grandma this weekend so she can teach me to knit.

    i’ve printed out a knitting pattern [http://knit.atypically.net/scarves/hogwarts/pattern.shtml] and i hope my scarf looks like this http://billi-jean.com/images/lj/0704/hpscarf1.jpg when i’m finished!

    Jun 09, 09:53AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


    cclairee

    SO CLOSE 5 months ago

    And yet so, so far.

    This thing will be finished today or I’ll weep.

    May 27, 03:06AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


    cclairee

    One would think.. 6 months ago

    ..that it would be really, really hard to screw up a pattern with only two (easy) rows.

    Somehow I managed. Hopefully my friend won’t notice.

    Oh, and this has to be done by her birthday.. next week. AAAAAH. It’s about two feet long now and it needs to be six feet. D:

    Luckily the other friend will be in England when HBP premieres so her scarf doesn’t need to be done for months.

    May 22, 12:40AM PDT | 0 comments


    cclairee

    This is going to be an adventure. 6 months ago

    I’ve got at least three of these to make before the Half Blood Prince midnight showing in about two months. Halp.

    (I chose this pattern instead because I hate circular needles plus plain stripes bore me)

    May 18, 05:00PM PDT | 0 comments


    Semigloss

    Ravenclaw 7 months ago

    I have the pattern and everything!

    Apr 10, 10:19PM PDT | 0 comments


    jessmah

    All Houses DONE!!! 12 months ago

    I finished house scarves for all four houses from both PS/SS/CoS and PoA/GoF/OotP. I also knit the Hogwarts stripped scarf from GoF. Lots of fun, great presents. I can crank one out a week.

    Oct 30, 2008, 12:19AM PDT | 0 comments


    gymnosperm

    Untitled 16 months ago

    I have a Gryffindor one and a Slytherin one, actually, that I knitted myself.

    Jul 02, 2008, 02:44PM PDT | 0 comments


    radish_ears is trying to finish her three papers by Friday

    Untitled 17 months ago

    I made a Slytherin scarf ages ago…. it took forever, but it’s so pretty!

    Jun 23, 2008, 03:05PM PDT | 0 comments


    Lawrahhh

    one down 2 to go 17 months ago

    I actually finally finished the Slytherin scarf for my best friend in time to brave the rain last july for the Midnight Deathly Hallows do, we were in full hogwarts uniform so it made it just that bit more special and kept us dry =D Still trying to finish the hufflepuff and Ravenclaw scarves…Hopefully done in time for Half Blood Prince premiere

    Jun 21, 2008, 04:31PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


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