The geek-out is soon to commence
Sep 18th, 2009 by elle
Yes, I’m totally geeking-out in a few days, because I’m making something of extreme geekiness…
Okay so I like to make and wear little capelettes. So far I’ve made three, one in red gabardine with black faux fur trim, one grey flannel with white embroidery, and one in blue velvet with blue satin lining and a hood. This last one I don’t wear for two reasons. The lining is heavier than the outer fabric – bad choice on my part, and the hood is too heavy and chokes me when I try to wear it…
I’m a bit of a geeky person, and part of that comes out in my love of fantasy novels. I’m currently reading Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson – I’ve cried a lot during this book, so many sad parts – but this geek-out is actually based on the Harry Potter novels… can you see where I’m going with this? That’s right, I’m making a Harry Potter capelette! I’ve always thought I’d be in Gryffindor because of my loyalty and protectiveness towards my fiancé and I’m actually quite brave too. So I’m making a Gryffindor capelette!
I’ve even got my own wand… yeah, total geek. I bought it from a great online store that sells a whole bunch of HP stuff called Alivans. They make the loveliest wands, mine is a Rosewood, and they sell the better of the HP embroidered patches range. My HP capelette is going to have this Gryffindor patch on the front! So I’m totally excited because I picked up the fabric today. Goodness me I love craft shopping!
Okay now for a pattern, it’s actually going to be two because I’m working on a new knitting project that includes them both. My fiancé needs a new bookmark, and so of course this makes me happy because this is something I can make for him, so I was perusing Ravelry for the right one and found this one. I showed it to him and he likes it, so I’m going to make the Strawberry and Leaf bookmark for him, from the Knit Strawberries pattern, and the L e a v e s pattern. I picked up the red yarn I’d need, along with more fibre fill today, too!