Mrs. Weasley's knitting...(Was: Re: Ron, Molly and Those Robes)

[dudemom_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 59409

> However, I must say one thing about Mrs. Weasley and knitting and 
> time.  In my experience, that IS a time-consuming effort.  For Christmas, I 
> crochet Gryffindor,Slytherin, etc scarves for my friends who are HP fans.  
> I only get a few done a year because of all my time commitments between 3 
> jobs and going to school full-time, however, it is just a scarf, and there 
> is little concentration behind it.  I don't have to worry about sizes or the 
> fit of sweaters.  But still it takes me about 5 hours to crochet one 4 
> foot long scarf, without tassels...and that is without breaks and crocheting 
> relatively fast.  A sweater requires MUCH more effort.  And Mrs. Weasley  
> does lettering and pictures on some of them.  I would imagine it takes her  
> quite a while to make just one.  And she does it for at least 5 of her 
> children annually.  I applaud Mrs. Weasley for her efforts, I couldn't do it.
> 
> Anyway that's my 2 knuts....
> 
> Amber
> 
> ***It's all fun and games 'til I get tickled~~Amber C. Lowery***

I'm an experienced knitter and I have knitted the Initial Sweater 
and it took about two weeks to do but it was so much fun! I also 
designed and knitted a Quiddich Sweater again roughly two weeks to 
knit (it took longer to design), so Mrs. Weasley still had quite a 
bit to do because of the numbers involved but if she enchanted her 
needles the boring stuff probably got done pretty quickly!

I am fascinated that knitting keeps cropping up again and again in 
the books. JK describes the sweater Mrs. Weasley knits for Harry 
every year and goes into great detail describing socks etc. Must be 
a knitter herself...... 

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Dudemom_2000