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August 30, 2007
In honor of the last book and the movie and my cold, cold neck, a Hogwarts House scarf.
In Ravenclaw colors, natch. Although the colors are more true in the bottom to pixs.
Eight balls of Knit Picks Andean Silk in Navy. Two balls in Slate. Number 8 needles knitted in the round. For this part of the world, this'll just about be warm enough, what with being two layers thick.
Ten balls -- with about half a ball of slate left over -- gets you a scarf that is more than 6' long, given that my helpful (and Featureless) model is 6'1". The fringe guarantees that I'll always be pulling a cat off of my neck. Woo.
I have also finished a hat for the Diva. Once she consents to model it, there will be pixs.
Speaking of knitting, is it a bad sign that I keep checking Ravelry to see when I'll get to join the club? That just can't be good.
But, look! I'm moving up!
- You signed up on July 5, 2007
- You are #14080 on the list.
- 3308 people are ahead of you in line.
- 15658 people are behind you in line.
- 35% of the list has been invited so far
It would be wrong to steal the computers of 3308 people, yes?
I signed up for the waiting list some time in early June and got my invitation a couple of weeks ago. My husband is deeply amused by the fact that, even when I am not physically knitting, I am still doing knitting-related things...just online. *cough*
Posted by: Melanie | August 30, 2007 at 04:24 PM
It would be more wrong to kill them all.
Posted by: Rabbitch | August 30, 2007 at 09:37 PM
Nice scarf!
Just before I learned how to knit, my mom made me a nice long Hogwarts scarf. I dress as Harry for Halloween each year (one advantage of elementary school teaching is the opportunity to wear costumes/silly hats/etc occasionally without colleagues thinking anything of it).
Anyway, my scarf looks good with Joe's academic robes. Add an appropriately striped tie, and my glasses rather than my contacts ... and good to go.
Posted by: Heidi | August 31, 2007 at 08:13 AM
Checking your Ravelry standings daily is no worse than my logging in several times daily just because I can. So addictive. And I can't possibly be the only one who does that.
While you're waiting, make sure you've got pictures of your stash. You may not think that you're going to want to use ravelry to post your stash, but once you're in, it will seem absolutely important and you won't be able to do anything else until you have.
Or maybe that's just me.
Posted by: Jennu | August 31, 2007 at 12:57 PM
I am now 3156. Obsessive much?
'bitch -- that was my first thought. Decided it would be too messy. Could stain the yarn.
So I shouldn't wear costumes/look silly on an everyday basis, since I don't teach elementary ed? Huh. :)
Posted by: Adrienne | August 31, 2007 at 03:20 PM