The lull in designing while I wait for yarns to arrive has been good for a quick project or two. I’ve gotten one pair of Christmas socks done, but no pictures until after Christmas. I am quite addicted to the two at once toe up method, and what they say about the addiction factor of sock yarn is too true. I’ve been stashing like they are going to quit making the stuff-mostly indie lines, and all very pretty.

So I finally cast on for my Harry Potter Weasley sweater a week or so back. I’ve been coveting one since I first saw them in the movies and you can’t very well be a dedicated Potter-ite and a knitter and not have one. I liberated some of my stash of Shokay Shambala for the project since the sweater is all about coziness. I decided against the dark and tweedy background in the films in favor of the heathered Earth color (which looks oddly grey in photos) with a Cranberry letter. I was really torn on the initials. I mean Harry is Harry after all, but Ron has had me from the beginning, and I do have something of a thing for the red heads y’know. After much deliberation I decided on the obligatory ‘H’ since I’ll probably tackle Ron’s ‘R’ raglan the next chance I get. I’ve only got about a third of the second sleeve, the collar, and side seams to finish.

How do you like my little house elf? I can’t keep her out of the knitting baskets!