And when the demon was preoccupied with whatever tasks his master commanded and she couldn’t handle another empty moment, Dobby stepped in to teach Hermione the handcrafts with which he filled his idle hours. They started small, with imp-sized scarves and hats, then moved onto more complex constructions like socks and sweaters. Every pattern Dobby had her follow was puzzlingly, adorably petite, though the imp did humor her when she asked to make a rather garish scarf in gold and maroon for herself, ignoring Draco’s twitch of horror before he covered it with an equable smile.