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Ali,

Nice work. I'm thinking some of your initial hits may have just been the people of the group eager to check out your work. I know I had to go and look!

I sell custom colored crocheted and knitted scarves and knit ear warmers to people at my DH's work. Most recent were 2 knitted scarves in a Harry Potter stripe style with custom colors. Tons of ends to weave in, but were they ever pleased with the work. No, I didn't use anyone's pattern, just used my gauge swatch and determined stitches and rows based on that. I heard HP scarves are 8 inches across double thickness and between 72 and 84 inches long with 4 inch wide stripes for the pattern used in the first couple of movies, so that's what I used. I knit 16 inches wide in the flat and folded the work into a tube and carefully matched stripes while sewing together, since I don't knit in the round that often.

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I also do team colors (purple and orange stripes for Phoenix Sunsbasketball, blue and silver for Dallas Cowboys football), which hasbeen very popular with sports fans. Anyway, good luck with your store.

Leah