The Harry Potter Knitting and Crochet House Cup is currently open for sign-ups! We have lots of exciting things planned, including Quidditch that coordinates with the Ravelympics, lots of prizes, and various contests and votes in the different house common rooms, so I came to invite anyone who might be interested to join us!

I’m a Slytherin (clearly), and I’m here to say: We Want You!

The House Cup is a great way to motivate yourself to finish projects in a timely manner, as well as being a fun place to hang out.

Information on how to sign up is here: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/hp-knitting-crochet-house-cup/910888/1-25#1

Sign ups will be open until the 28th, the Sorting will be on the morning of the 30th, and classes will post on January 1, but the sooner you come sign up, the sooner you can start hanging out in the Badgers’ Den!

If you have any questions on how the cup works, how sorting works, why you should join, please don’t hesitate to ask !

I am knitting a sweater from the charmed to knit book and i am having a problem with the center neck. The pattern is this:
K45 slip  last 16 sts worked onto stitch holder for center neck, k29. but my problem is that once you have 16 on your stitch holder how do you knit around it to knit the last 29 sts? any help would be wonderful, thank you!

Hi there! New member but have been lurking for quite some time, you are all so talented!
So, I've recently gotten back into knitting - my last project was an amateur blanket for my now eight-year-old cousin.
I decided to put my mind to a Harry Potter project and came up with the classic house scarve like so many before me.
I'm a Ravenclaw so I've started a PS/CoS style book!Ravenclaw colour scarf.

However, I've hit a snag. I ran out of wool halfway through a row and was wondering what to do next? Do I just continue as if I'm switching colours at the end of a row (except with the same colour) Or is there another method? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I ended up completely restarting as I forgot the twist so ended up with a big hole. It's been going great so far except the sides aren't exactly straight and I was wondering if there was a way to fix this? I really don't want to start again! Any help/advice would be great, though.

Little Tom Riddle has joined the bunch!
Miserable little bugger, but less scary to look at than Voldy -_^





Kind of annoying to have such a surly square, but where would we be without him?!
xox

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Newest member of the Hogwarts Bunch = Proffie D!!



I think this is it as far as photos go! After the next square, i'll have to take a quick video to show them off, as I can't quite fit them in shot anymore ^__^!
xox

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Draco Malfoy Square!



5 down, 4 to go!



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For those who are interested, the pattern for the Harry panel from my Hogwarts Bunch blanket is now available for Crocheters and knitters from my website - http://totallee.net!
This is my first attempt at putting a pattern together so hopefully it turns out looking like him rather than something by Picasso....
Cheers guys!
xox

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Panel #4!!



Inspired by Becky's INCREDIBLE Snape Afghan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/darkharper/blanket012.jpg

Isn't it BRILLIANT!!
Once I saw the pic I KNEW I had to use it! Perfectly Mysterious -_^
(Plus it meant I didn't have to use up a background colour! Bonus!)
xox

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For Christmas I'm giving full professor costumes to my Dad and Mother and making a student costume for myself.

However, my step mother is allergic to all different kinds of animal oils and therefore cannot wear wool, cashmere, alpaca or llama and so I'm looking for recommendations as to silk, cotton and linen yarns for book Ravenclaw colors(bronze and blue).

Can anyone direct me to an online retailer?

My scarf is done!



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Miss Granger is finished ^__^!

Which means *drumroll*..
Row 1 of the Hogwarts Bunch blanket is done!



Apologies for the angle - I had to do a bit of a spiderman and attach myself to the ceiling just to get the 3 in the shot!
Measures just short of 2 metres across!
If you click on it and go to the larger version, you'll spot a tape measure running along the top showing the metre mark (just to give you a fair idea of the size -_^)

Many thanks for all your comments!!
You're all awesome! -_^!
xox

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I've seen a lot of people recommend using Wool of the Andes yarn from KnitPicks.com

I'd like to make a POA Hufflepuff scarf - would you suggest using Daffodil or Caution for the yellow? Also would you use Daffodil or Caution for Gryffindor? Thanks.

The trio is almost complete!
The patterns for Snape, Draco and Luna are waiting in the wings -_^

Side note - Harry pattern is almost ready to share! Will be available for Knitters and Crocheters!

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Thank you all so much for your help with my scarf yarn question. I didn't expect to get so many replies, and they were all so, so helpful. You guys are awesome. :)

I went to Jo-Ann's a couple of days ago, having decided to get the Caron Simply Soft, and I immediately fell in love with it when I saw (and felt) it. It really is the perfect blue color. Unfortunately, though, while there was a really great grey color, I couldn't find anything anywhere near bronze in that brand - or even in any other brands with a similar size strand and texture.

However, someone had also suggested Lion Brand's Vanna's Choice, and the store had plenty of that, so I dug around a bit, and found a color called "honey," which was what had been originally suggested. There was also a good blue ("navy") to go along with it. It's not as nice or soft as the Simply Soft, but it's not scratchy at all, and it's been knitting up beautifully. Oh, and can I just say that I'm loving knitting with circular needles? I've never tried it before, and I was scared to do so, but it's so much easier than I imagined.

If I ever try this project again, though (maybe movie!Ravenclaw?), I'll definitely go for the Simply Soft, or splurge on the really nice online stuff (Knitpicks, maybe?).

Anyway, thanks again for all the help. :)

Here's what I've got so far. The bronze looks a little more yellow in the picture than it actually is.

10 rows in and i'm asking myself "why oh why did I choose a picture with so much HAIR!!"
*sigh* so many colour changes...
Should look amazing though -_^!

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I have a gift card for Jo-Ann fabric and craft stores, and I'd really like to use it to buy yarn to make a book!Ravenclaw House Scarf (SS/CoS). The trouble is that they don't really carry any of the recommended brands of yarn. So I was wondering if any of these brands listed below would be good to use, or whether it's just better to use/order the recommended (Utopia, Nature Spun, Encore) brands. If you had to pick any of the brands listed below, which would you choose? Are there any really good house colors from those brands?

The brands: (from here)

Sensations
Lion Brand
Patons
Bernat
N.Y. Yarn
Caron
Moda-Dea
TLC
Red Heart

Thanks so much. :)

i'm a newbie to this community, and i was hoping that someone could help me with jl yarnworks pattern for hermoine's cable & eyelet hat.

i have 2 questions:
1. what does the 'errata' text mean? is that correction only for one row? or is it in the pattern?

"Row 4: [K6, P2tog, P1] around
Row 4.5: Errata: add a row of [K6, K2tog] around
Row 5: K6, K2tog [K5, K2tog] around (note: you will include the first knit stitch of the next row in your final K2tog. From here on out, "

2. what does "sewing in a curve" entail?

any help would be much appreciated! thank you all in advance!!

I'm completely new to knitting and my first project is the PoA house scarf. I assumed (you know what they say about assuming..) that knitting was a lot like crocheting, bigger the needler the faster it'll go so I've done a small bit and it is quite the hole-y scarf.

My questions..
For the most famous PoA scarf do you K1,P1 or just K each row?

Which needle size would you suggest for the project? (i got 13s. I'm such a spaz.)

andd..

Would it be best for a beginner to use the circular needles or normal ones?

Thanks so much!

Our King is finished!
2 Squares down, 7 to go.
Miss Granger next me thinks -_^
xox


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