If Harry Potter was a Hokie...
This is what he'd wear. I guess technically since this is a girl's beret, I should say that if Hermione was a Hokie this is what she'd wear. My daughter was four when we moved to Blacksburg and she very quickly internalized the Hokie pride. When I learned to knit, I immediately decided that I should make her a hokie scarf and hat and that I should do it soon so that she'd be able to wear them a couple of years before we move again. I'm going to hold onto them and give them to her as either a birthday or Christmas gift next year.
I used the Harry Potter year 1-2 scarf and the House Beret patterns from Charmed Knits. Dave was the one who inspired the use of the Harry Potter patterns when he commented that the wide-striped Hokie scarves that he saw the undergrads on campus wearing made him think of the Harry Potter movies.
Both the scarf and the hat are knitted in Cascade 220 colorways 9465 and 2401. I originally only bought 1
skein of each, but then I ran out and had to go back for more. I knew I wouldn't be able to get the same dyelots, but I ended up having to go to multiple yarn stores to even find the same colorways. The beret pattern didn't call for the pom-pom, but I figured my daughter would love it. I don't really care for it myself. Makes it feel a little too much like a golf hat to me. The only thing that bothers me about the scarf is that since it was knitted on double points, there are lines where the needles met. You can kind of see them in the photo there. If I blocked them I might be able to get rid of them, but eh, I'm just a little too lazy to mess with that.
Regardless, I'm very pleased with how these projects turned out. If my daughter likes them as half as much as I do, they'll be a huge success.
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