Well, the rest of the world is talking about Harry Potter, so this blog is going to join in for a wee bit. I’m generally not one to start knitting for a book or movie, but when Momma-Monkey released her Harry Potter sock patterns I knew I had to knit at least two of them.

Y’all saw the wee bit of Fawkes I was showing off last week, and I can tell you, two socks on two circulars really do fly! I was done with them by Thursday, and that was with minimal knitting time and a break due to hand pain. I’m very pleased with the result (and especially pleased to hear there will be more of this colourway, since I’ve given these socks away).

Behold, Fawkes:

And the traditional foot shot:

I had a hard time getting the pattern to show up on camera, but take my word for it: it’s lovely. The only recommendation I would make is a slight change to the heel. If you’ve got larger heels, you might not want to stick with the 10 stitch heel turn – it comes out awfully narrow. It fit the receipient though, so it was no big deal on this end.

I’m on to Bellatrix now, as I thought it an excellent pattern to show off my Socks that Rock silkie (I’ve been hoarding this sock yarn for quite some time waiting for the perfect pattern). Once again, I’m working on two circulars, and I fear I may be converted over to using that technique all the time.

Hopefully on Wednesday I’ll have some good progress photos (the afore-mentioned hand pain kept me from knitting most of the weekend). Until then!