Catching up (again!!)

And once again despite the best of intentions I haven't updated this for a while.

I mentioned that I was close to completing some socks.  I did finish them and the only thing I regret is that the weather's so wam at the moment that I don't have a good reason to wear them in the near future.  This was my first pair of knee socks (well the first pair I started anyway.  I've started and finished another pair in the interim) and I'm so glad they're now done.

When I was planning for these I wanted some 'Slytherin socks' but didn't necessarily want the 'school girl look' so these looked perfect for the purpose.

I'm planning on a striped pair in the near future but they're going to be more 'fiery'

I've been wanting to play with double knitting using more than 2 colours for a while now.  I originally tried doing it with four colours but there were too many tangles for my peace of mind (I'll have to work something out before I do that again).  Three colours worked just fine though.

 I'll be adding this square to my pile of 'playing' that I'll seam together when I've got enough.

Then I felt in the need for something else cute (I just can't help myself) so I decided on a snake.  This was the first time I've picked up crochet stitches in the body of the work rather than the edge.  It wasn't as hard as I thought but I want to do a bit more practise when I can

I also squeezed in another hat.  I'm not sure what I'll do with it (but I'm sure I'll think of something)

It's a nice warm hat but I prefer something a bit slouchier if possible.  This was for a speed challenge and I wanted to ensure I got the maximum possible points so I started decreasing a little bit earlier.

I also did some work on my OWL and Order Mission projects but I don't have good photos of them at present so I'll do another post for them.