How to Knit a Harry Potter Scarf

Tonight was our church Halloween party. It was super fun!! Zach was drunk off of candy. I think he almost puked on me once. He didn't eat much of his chili dinner...only what he could suck from the lollipop that he was dipping into the chili bowl. He sure was cute, though!

Zach's a goldfish (not a chicken like most people thought, and definitely not a frog, like one person thought). Katelyn is...well, you know who Katelyn is...although the same lady who thought Zach was a frog also thought Katelyn was Hermione. She was obviously confused! (Hermione doesn't wear circle glasses!)

The party tonight was my deadline for the Gryffindor scarf, so I finished it this morning. It turned out nice, but I made it way too wide for Katelyn's little neck. Oh well. Here it is:

Directions:

First, I looked up "how to knit" on youtube...a very important place to start!

I bought regular sized Red Heart yarn and size 8 straight needles. The colors are burgundy and gold for the Gryffindor house (or USC, I'm told).

I used a Garter stitch throughout, but use a knit stitch if you want it to be more like the scarf in the movie.

I cast on 35 stitches across, but like I said, it was still too wide for Katelyn. 20 stitches across might have been better?

I alternated colors about every 3 inches, starting with burgundy and ending with burgundy, and kept going until it was about 45 inches long. Again, that was probably too much for my little Katelyn. Oh well.

Last of all, I added the tassels. I wrapped the yarn shortways around the DVD case 5 times, then snipped and attached them. I used a crochet hook to pull a loop through the bottom edge, then pulled the loose ends through the loop to tighten. I put eleven tassels on each end. Easy-peasy!