Gryffindor Googley Muggley

Well Halloween is right around the corner (tomorrow). I usually make the kids entire costume. This year, however, I lucked out. H is planning on being a cowboy and using the chaps that I made several years ago when C dressed up as Jesse from Toy Story. So that is fun seeing hime wear something she did before. And C is dressing up as Hermione from Harry Potter. I went ahead and bought a Gryffindor robe because it is a lot of fabric and I wanted to get something she could get a lot of use out of. Evidently, this was a good plan as she has already worn it three times since it arrived on Friday! So I gave her the choice of me buying a tie or me making a scarf to finish off her costume. She was very practical and said she wouldn't wear a tie much but a scarf she could use forever. Well, she decided this about Monday last week. So I went to my LYS hunting for Lamb's Pride in the right colors. What are the chances right? They had a very deep burgundy almost brown color and a lemon yellow. I went ahead and got those but wasn't convinced they would work. Then the lady working at the shop that day, Maria, brought over some Alpacas with a Twist Asti yarn in the perfect colors. So I managed to go home with two pretty decent color combos. I went ahead and knit a small section of each in two different stripe patterns to give her some options. I figured she would go for the alpaca yarn, given that she is a spinner herself and that is a big fave and I was right so that night I quickly cast on and got to work. I finished weaving in the ends Saturday night which worked out great considering our first Halloween event was on Sunday. Every year our church goes trick or treating at a local nursing home where the residents hand out candy. It is so sweet to see them so excited to see all of the kids and I think the kids really enjoy it too! So without any further ado here is the Gryffindor scarf finished but not blocked yet as it looked worn yesterday.