Boy, DK sucks… I can’t seem to keep any tension.
I’m leaving out the tweed edging that the pattern does, I think leaving it out makes it look a lot nicer. Here is a site that shows different options for DK edgings: http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=142

I switched to 4mm needles and now the stitches look a little better. (sigh…nevermind)

I’ve ripped this thing apart 4 times now…

Restarting and trying again; going to try submitting this as a technique I hate for HP potions.

Powered through this even though my DKing still wasn’t coming out very consistent. I had to go through and redistribute the yarn by pulling on each stitch to fix the ‘big loops’ problem that I was having on the edges (you can see them in the wip photos).

Here is a link to a discussion about solution to the ‘big loops’ problem in case anyone else has them too. Discussion

I also used the modification to the kitty’s face that stormmoonknits did in her version.