Snowflake

Name: Snowflake

Pattern Source: "Family Circle: Easy Toys", pp. 95-99

Pattern Title: "bear necessity"

Materials: bear: No Boundaries polyamide lot:1281 brown, sweater: Lion's Brand Wool Ease "blue mist" 115, 12mm eyes, 21 mm nose.

Date Completed: 8-4-2006 Duration: 3 weeks

Hooray, I just finished my first pair of Gryffindor socks out of my Charmed Knits book. This pattern was a little different from the one I normally use, but it was generally easy to follow. I really like the slip-knit technique to reinforce the heel. My son wants a pair now, and I think I have just enough Dale UII yarn left over to whip him up a pair. If not, the yarn is only about $7 a skein through Patternworks. I think I'll take a crack at the "animal crackers hat" next!

House Sweater

This is "yours truly" making my own "house sweater" in  Gryffindor colors. The pattern is from Charmed Knits, by Alison Hansel. I absolutely love this book! Her instructions are so easy to follow and there are so many yummy potter patterns to choose from. I must've dog-eared almost all of them as future project contenders!