One of the many fandoms I love and tend to geek out on when given the opportunity is the Harry Potter book series by JK Rowling. Back in January, I attended a local Harry Potter themed event here in downtown Asheville and ambitiously made it my goal to knit something for the event to sport my sorted house colors – the fiery hues of burgundy and gold for Gryffindor! I thought about making a scarf but the window of timing to knit a scarf was too narrow and I knew there was no way I’d finish a scarf before...