Archive for October, 2007

One Costume, Four Dogs

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Next up in sample knits for The Knitting Nest - a project that happens to also be the household Halloween costume.

All four dogs are going as Harry Potter this year. I didn’t give them a choice.

12.JPG This sample is for a class I’ll teach for beginners who can already knit and purl, to give them skills in double-knitting, changing colors, k2tog, finishing, and blocking.

These are Gryffindor colors, even though I was sorted as a Ravenclaw. If you haven’t been sorted into your house yet, this test is pretty cool.

23.JPG My guess is that Gus would actually be sorted into Slytherin, which explains his discomfort with wearing Gryffindor colors.
32.JPG It’s hard to tell if Lou loves it, or hates it.
42.JPG Oh. He hates it.

I would guess that he would actually be a Hufflepuff.

52.JPG Abe awaits his turn. I think he’d be a Gryffindor.

It was at this point that I started to worry about the destruction of the “costume”, so Ike didn’t get a chance to try it on.

That’s okay. Ike has suffered plenty of humiliation with modeling handknits.

Happy Halloween!