Emma ([info]media_res) wrote in [info]hp_knitting,
2008-01-26 14:12:00
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Two hats: Ravenclaw, and Deathly Hallows

Here are a couple of Harry Potter hats I've worked up in the past few months. (I suppose they could be considered mild spoilers, if you haven't read the seventh book. If you're paranoid, skip 'em.)


First, a Ravenclaw hat using double-knit to put some words along the brim.





It reads, "Wit beyond measure . . ." I'm utterly in love with double-knit, especially on hats. Double thickness over the ears, AND I could put in words.

The second hat is a little more subtle. It's a Fair Isle hat with the Deathly Hallows symbol worked into it. So far, nobody I've polled has noticed it without having it pointed out, but it still makes me happy.





I even put circles, lines, and triangles up along the crown, right before the decreases. The hidden iconography makes me happy--it seems appropriate for something as vaguely cult-ish/conspiratorial as the Deathly Hallows.


EDIT: By request, here are the charts for both hats. I may eventually write out the whole pattern for the Deathly Hallows hat, but for now, you can have the chart.

Wit beyond measure chart, worked on 85 stitches
Deathly Hallows chart worked on a multiple of 18 stitches.

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[info]slash_kitten

January 26 2008, 19:56:35 UTC 4 years ago

wow, these are gorgeous. I'm all for the DH hat - I love hidden symbols! Amazing job you did on these!

[info]akasha111182

January 27 2008, 04:21:27 UTC 4 years ago

Icon Love! :)

[info]robriki

January 26 2008, 19:58:11 UTC 4 years ago

Awesome!

[info]dragonsinger954

January 26 2008, 20:03:09 UTC 4 years ago

Very Awesome and requesting permission to post these in the Leaky Cauldron Photo Galleries!

Dragonsinger, TLC Crafty Witch

[info]media_res

January 26 2008, 20:04:32 UTC 4 years ago

Go for it!

[info]dragonsinger954

4 years ago

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[info]bluekitsune

January 26 2008, 20:06:12 UTC 4 years ago

Those are beautiful! I love the DH hat doubly -- it's just beautiful to begin with, and with the added spiff of the semi-hidden Potter meaning. Beautiful work!!

[info]phobiaofshae

January 26 2008, 20:13:24 UTC 4 years ago

Wow!! Do you have patterns for those? Both of those hats are AMAZING.

[info]media_res

January 26 2008, 20:15:24 UTC 4 years ago

I don't just yet, but I may write them up at some point. If you'd like the charts, I'd be happy to share them.

[info]media_res

4 years ago

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[info]phobiaofshae

4 years ago

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[info]pixiethief

January 26 2008, 20:20:35 UTC 4 years ago

I hereby second the request for pattern/charts, if you're willing to share...they're lovely!

[info]media_res

January 26 2008, 20:42:41 UTC 4 years ago

Linked above!

[info]phatkitten

January 26 2008, 20:28:44 UTC 4 years ago

I love how subtle the symbol is on the DH hat...I love hidden things like that! Plus, it looks really awesome.

[info]newleaf31

January 26 2008, 20:37:51 UTC 4 years ago

I too am enamored of the hidden symbolism of the DH hat! (The Ravenclaw one's amazing, too, but at the end of the day, I'm a die-hard Gryffindor, lol.)

I've been hoping to try more Fair Isle knitting, so I'd like to toss my hat in the ring (heh) with those requesting the pattern for the DH hat, should you decide to write it up. It's just beautiful work.

[info]zucchini

January 26 2008, 20:57:41 UTC 4 years ago

gorgeous work!

[info]jammin15

January 26 2008, 22:40:41 UTC 4 years ago

Wow! Those are amazing. I especially like the Ravenclaw hat, but I might be biased. :]

[info]honeyed_scarlet

January 27 2008, 16:40:49 UTC 4 years ago

i love your icon..

[info]scarlettbella

4 years ago

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[info]marchek

January 26 2008, 22:55:10 UTC 4 years ago

Fantastic work!!!
I especially love the Ravenclaw hat (being one myself). You've inspired me to make a few "edits" on my newly completed Ravenclaw beret.
Thanks for posting!

[info]muggleangel

January 27 2008, 00:21:06 UTC 4 years ago

Super cool! You can also put the hat on inside-out and read it in a mirror, which is a definate plus. :)

[info]sleepsong

January 27 2008, 00:40:30 UTC 4 years ago

Those are really, really, really, really awesome.

(Educational moment: Your second hat is not Fair Isle. It's stranded colour work, yes, but not Fair Isle.)

[info]media_res

January 27 2008, 01:38:46 UTC 4 years ago

I'm aware of that, actually, but at this point, the two are used interchangeably so often that saying "stranded color work" sounds more formal than seemed appropriate for a blog post. Normally I'm all for the purity of language, but everyone here knows exactly what I meant, and I can't guarantee that would be the case if I said "stranded color work". So, on this particular issue, I tend to sacrifice accuracy for the sake of clarity.

[info]vixenofflames

4 years ago

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[info]scarlettbella

4 years ago

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[info]secretsunsp0ken

January 27 2008, 03:18:55 UTC 4 years ago

Gorgeous hats, both of them! What yarn did you use?

[info]media_res

January 27 2008, 03:21:23 UTC 4 years ago

Thanks! The Ravenclaw hat is done in Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Sapphire Heather and Amber Heather. (The perfect Ravenclaw colors, I think.)

The DH one is Lion Wool . . . dang, I've forgotten the colors. Ah well.

[info]secretsunsp0ken

4 years ago

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[info]rooftopscandal

January 27 2008, 03:21:21 UTC 4 years ago

These are beautiful! Amazing job. :]

[info]akasha111182

January 27 2008, 04:19:40 UTC 4 years ago

Those are really cool... love the Deathly Hallows hat, it's very subtly HP, and sometimes you need that in a fandom.

[info]eviltracey

January 27 2008, 04:42:09 UTC 4 years ago

Bloody Brilliant! :-)

[info]chaotick

January 27 2008, 13:56:47 UTC 4 years ago

Fabulous

I'm with all of the above! Hidden Potter Geekyness - Hope you don't mind - I'm 'borrowing' your charts and have some sock ideas brewing... Smooches for sharing.

[info]media_res

January 27 2008, 16:41:28 UTC 4 years ago

Re: Fabulous

Dude, sweet! If you make socks, do share them! Socks are awesome.

[info]hpmomma

January 28 2008, 05:37:23 UTC 4 years ago

Can I share this???

I would like to link this to the Ravelry Ravenclaw group, with your permission.

Thanks...

I am no one special, just a Ravenclaw that likes to share the love.

Marissa

[info]media_res

January 28 2008, 05:57:06 UTC 4 years ago

Re: Can I share this???

Go for it! Share the love. ;)

[info]_gin

4 years ago

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[info]knittinghp

January 28 2008, 08:40:56 UTC 4 years ago

double knitting?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the hats. They are beautiful. As some one fairly new to knitting, what is double knitting? I haven't heard this term before. Thanks :)

[info]media_res

January 28 2008, 15:17:09 UTC 4 years ago

Re: double knitting?

Double knitting is this cool technique where you knit the front and back of a piece of double-thick, reversible fabric at the same time--you're basically creating two different pieces of stockinette facing each other. If you knit the front and the back in different colors, you can do colorwork in it.

There's a pretty good tutorial here: http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=142

And a video of the process on this page: http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/advanced-techniques (though it doesn't show how to cast on, which I think is an oversight)

Jennifer Tallapaneni over at pieKnits uses double knit a lot--here's a tutorial she did on making a double knit button band, which helped me a lot with learning the theory: http://www.pieknits.com/blog/2007/06/tutorial_double_knit_button_ba.html

[info]slytherinquoll

January 29 2008, 04:49:39 UTC 4 years ago

these are amazing! Now I have another hat in my queue.

[info]dinnafash

January 31 2008, 07:00:19 UTC 4 years ago

omg brillant!

If only I could learn Fair Isle

>_> I'm still stuck on Knit, Purl, BO ad CO >_> I can't do anything fancy T_T

[info]silentmilk

February 23 2008, 04:45:37 UTC 4 years ago

Those are both incredibly effing awesome, and will eventually be attempted by me in the hopefully near future.

AWESOME.

[info]caedesdeo

April 18 2008, 00:29:35 UTC 4 years ago

these are fantastic, especially the DH one. would you be willing to upload the pattern for it? I've been after one in that shape for a while now, and the added potter theme is just the icing on the hat.

[info]media_res

April 18 2008, 19:06:51 UTC 4 years ago

You know, I never got around to writing down the pattern--I kind of made it up as I was going. Basically, I cast on a multiple of 18 stitches, and I started straight away on the pattern, without any ribbing or anything--after I finished the hat, I went back and crocheted an edge to keep it from rolling.

Anyway, then I just worked until the chart ran out, and then I decreased every other round, starting at once every 18 stitches (so I was just decreasing inside of the chart). You can see in the picture how I just made a simple striped pattern while I was decreasing.

For the earflaps, I picked up stitches on the side of the hat and just knit down. I did them with doubleknit, but you wouldn't have to. (I definitely didn't go down enough with my needle sizes, so my earflaps look poofy . . . if you did doubleknit the earflaps, you'd want to make sure to do that.) Then I just stuck on a pompom.

It's really just a typical stocking cap, but with ear flaps.

[info]caedesdeo

4 years ago

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[info]silentmilk

January 13 2009, 11:28:22 UTC 3 years ago

I'm really seriously considering doing the Ravenclaw hat for one of my next projects, so I was just curious.... what size needles did you use? Usually for a hat I can just eyeball things, but since it's double knit, I thought it best to ask before creating a yarn-y disaster. :)

[info]media_res

January 14 2009, 03:09:41 UTC 3 years ago

I don't remember exactly what I used, but for double-knit, you'll need to drop a couple of needle sizes from what you normally would use for the yarn, because you've got that extra yarn in between all of the stitches. So, if you normally knit worsted weight on size sevens, I'd say go down at least to fives . . . it might be worth your time to make a small swatch just to make sure you like the fabric.

Then, when you finish the double-knit band, you can just k2tog all the way around to get yourself to a single layer of stitches, and move back up to your normal needle size.
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