Accio Harry Potter!

Yeah well, isn't everybody excited these days?
I thought I was clever when I ordered my copy of Harry Potter online. Didn't want to wait hours in a queue around midnight to find out that all the copies are already sold. Also, I am not soooo excited, I can wait a couple of days.
However, my online dealer left me hanging a bit, though informing me right on midnight the 16th July that my copy is on its way. - Really? No sign so far...

But nevermind. There's so much stuff out there to keep oneself busy while waiting. For example I got myself sorted for one of the Hogwarts houses - and ended up in Ravenclaw:


When I saw the cute little Gryffindor scarf bookmark over at the blue blog I decided to shorten my waiting time, knitting one up myself. I couldn't find any fitting colours for Ravenclaw and therefore it is a Gryffindor scarf. Just showing support for the little heroes. (You'll find the "original" bookmark pattern and a gallery of little scarfs over here.)

So I needled along a bit this afternoon while I was waiting for an appointment, only to find out at home that my copy arrived this evening. Jippie!

The simple knitting of a scarf does not distract me from reading, so I paced along with the chapters and knitted up one stripe for each chapter.







I wonder, if I will now find the time to add the fringe before finishing the book. I surely can't do this while reading. But it works as a bookmark just like this.