Original Pattern: Honey Badger Don’t Care

Knitter Extraordinaire: Maiya (Ravelry ID)

Mods: Changed out the corrugated ribbing for k1 p1 ribbing, and changed the full mitts into fingerless.  Project page can be found here.

What Makes This Awesome: This knit was done for a book-themed swap project, and the swap partner chose Harry Potter and declared her love for Hufflepuff, one of the school houses in Harry Potter which happens to be represented by a badger.  Maiya found this great original honey badger pattern and modified to fit into for her swap partner’s love of all things Hufflepuff. This is such a clever interpretation of the original pattern, and Maiya’s choice to do the knit 1, purl 1 ribbing helps the stranded design pop even more in Hufflepuff’s ‘house colours’.  This has got to be right up there with one of the most thoughtful swap knits ever! Usually when I knit a gift for someone, it’s often an off-the-rack pattern, but this level of thoughtfulness has me thinking of new ways to make something personalized to a receiver’s passions…