Intermediate level: How to knit a wand-cover
Welcome back to the wizard’s knitting academy everybody!
Today, we’re going to take it a step further. We’re going to knit a cover for your wand. After all, your wand is your best friend, right? It’s always there for you when you need it (unless you’ve misplaced it), so why not spoil it a bit?
A wand cover will require that you learn the discipline of circle-knitting, which can be a little challenging, but when you’re finished, this super soft cover is guaranteed to keep your wand warm and cosy at all times of the year.
Let’s get going!
Materials and gear:
Unbend and unbroken knitting needles size S.
Soft yeti wool (alternatively mountain goat mohair if you’re not comfortable shaving a yeti just yet).
Time to make:
About 1 to 10 hours, depending on the size of your wand.
Knitting position:
Sit down in your best armchair and hum a tune. I personally like this one: Knitting Song
Work instructions:
Getting your hands on yeti-wool can be a bit hard. First, you absolutely have to put on the scarf that we knitted together last time. If you haven’t yet knitted a scarf, immediately do so.
Now that you’re warm and comfortable, get on your broom and fly to the Himalayas.
When you get there, circle a bit in the air until you spot some big footprints (about 1 meter in length). Follow the footprints, and they will lead you to the nearest yeti.
When you’ve found your yeti, it’s important not to get into a fist fight with it, as it WILL win. Instead, I have a tip for you. There’s one thing yetis can’t resist: freshly made piña coladas. You see, due to their thick fur, yetis can’t come near tropical environments, as they would die from heat stroke immediately. This is indeed tragical, as they have developed a certain love for tropical delicacies such as coconuts and pineapples (we have the clumsy tourists dropping their bounty bars and gummy bears in the mountains to thank for that). And well, absence makes the heart grow fonder…
That is very sad indeed – let us now take advantage of it!
You conjure up a BIG piña colada – and please focus. If you mess up the spell you might end up with some cheap bottled stuff from the super market, yuck, that could really anger the yeti.
You hand the yeti the piña colada, and while it’s slurping away at it you bring out your bucket and your trimmer and you start shaving.
Voilà! Now you’ve got a bucket full of yeti wool. Kindly thank the yeti, mount your broom and hurry home.
When you arrive, you once again pull out your magical spinning wheel and make a long thread.
Now it’s finally time to sit down and start knitting.
Knit in a circle and keep on knitting until it fits your wand. Then tie a knot. Voila! You’ve got yourself a wand-cover.
Pro tip: If it looks a bit ugly, simply cast the following spell upon it:
“Holes begone, you’re just no fun!”
Or if you really messed up:
“Whoopsie daisy, don’t look so crazy!”
And that’s all I’ve got for you today. Your wand will be absolutely overjoyed!
