Hand Knitted Wizarding Scarf
Apologies for the wait of my first post!! As you may well be aware I designed and created a "Wizarding Scarf" in a similar style to the scarves worn by students in the Harry Potter films "The Goblet of Fire" to the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2". Previously the scarves worn by the students in the films were a basic red and yellow block stripe design with alternating colour tassles. I chose to base the scarf on the latter films due to preference by Peter. The scarf was initially supposed to be a Christmas, however I did not complete it until the end of January as I was not in the UK between September to December. The scarf took about 1 month to complete, however I am still learning to knit as I go, and I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to crafting!
- To make this "Wizarding Scarf" you will need size 5 - 6mm needles (this may depend on your wool, check the packaging), two 148 metre skeins (balls) of red wool in shade of choice, (I used "Life Chunky by Stylecraft" wool in "Cardinal" red) and one 148 metre skein (ball) of yellow/ gold wool with the same thickness as the red wool. I could not find the exact colour yellow I wanted, in the correct thickness so I knitted with two balls of yellow wool at the same time to make up the thickness (I used two balls of 100g "Bonus DK by Hayfield" in shade 0978).
- I started the scarf by casting on 30 stitches of the red wool. I then knitted (using a basic knit stitch) 22 rows before changing to the two skeins of yellow wool for 6 rows. Knitting with two skeins is not difficult, knit as normal making sure both skeins are knitted. In between the yellow lines, you will need to knit 8 rows of red. Repeat this process until you have 9 large blocks of red and 8 pairs of yellow lines.
- I then added 7 tassles to each end of the scarf. If you do no know how to make tassles there are many useful videos on Youtube, this is easier than explaining. This is how I made the tassles for my scarf; http://youtu.be/Ra2qbqISwsM .
If you have any problems or queries feel free to contact me. I often required help while making my first scarf, from my mum and knitting extraordinaire Suz Hart.
If knitting isn't your thing, but you would like a "Wizarding Scarf" of your own, feel free to contact me and I can knit you one for £15 (the cost will cover the cost of the wool and is a bargain for the amount of time it will take to make!). Please specify colours and design changes i.e. whether you want tassles or want to change the size etc.
