Garter Stitch Mug Cozy for Hogwarts Swap

I'm a huge Harry Potter fan all around, I enjoy the imagination and creation of the entire series. For awhile now I've been just waiting to get into a Harry Potter themed swap, for some reason I always seem to miss the deadlines to join. Another swap I thought I missed again was the Hogwarts Swap - A little bit of everything. I wouldn't of known about this swap if it wasn't for my friend Devotion2Knit who posted her membership on her own blog. The deadline had passed, but I sent a PM to the Headmistress anyways, asking to be considered if there were any drops, and guess what!?! I got a PM the other day that there was a drop and now I'm in! I was so stoked when I found out that I quickly started researching the tests for the swap.

So here you go, my first from the swap, Quiz 1 assignment "Make a cup cozy in your house colors and post a picture of it on your blog by no later than 1/10/09".

I've actually been meaning to make some of these for awhile, just never got around to it. This was the perfect pattern for this quiz.

I pulled this from my stash (stashbusting 2009!), hoping it would be ok to use since I don't know my house yet, but I thought it still looks very Potter'ish, we'll see if I score points for my future house.



I don't know the name or brand of yarn, I lost the labels along time ago. It's left over from some Fair Isle gloves I made last year. It's very soft and warm, 100% wool. I gauged that there was enough of each color to make my cozy, I needed worsted weight yarn, so I decided to string these 2 together to make a decent worsted weight.

Pattern calls for the use of DPN's, I'm not a big fan of DPN's, but started with DPN's as instructed. I started last night about 10:30 p.m.



Once I got a good amount into it, I switch to circs, I just love circs.



When I finished the results were perfect, it actually somewhat looks like Fair Isle, doesn't it towards the base of the mug? I couldn't be more happy with the way the 2 yarns knitted up together.









Pattern details:
Garter Stitch Cozies from Interweave Knits Holiday 2007 Edition
Yarn -> worsted weight
Needles -> US 7 DPNs
Mug size -> 4' in diameter and 3' in high (pattern is very adjustable)
MODS -> The pattern is an easy ready, but doesn't explain much for the ties. You finished BO with one tie, but you don't really have any instructions on creating the 2nd tie. What I did was take scrap yarn, and loop through the 1 tie I had, then choose a good area towards the end of the top opposite sleeve, and pulled the entire tie through the knitting, and formed a knot. So I only made 1 tie. I actually like it better than the 2 shown in the pattern picture because there's nothing flailing about.

I'm "Lady Arabella Carmichael" for the Hogwarts Swap (I love the name), and I haven't yet found a house, but I've requested Gryffindor, we'll see if I get in.

Until later muggles
8-)