Like so many others suddenly faced with an excessive amount of downtime over the past year, Jilian Medford has picked up a new hobby: knitting. Her specialty? Hats. “Initially, I just did a YouTube tutorial for elf hats,” she explains while modeling an oversize bell-shaped creation that completely swallows her shaggy brown and bleach-blond hair. By this point, she’s moved on to more experimental forms: beanies with tiny animal ears, a Creamsicle-colored cap that sits on her head like a cartoon carrot, a baby blue number that lands somewhere between giant bunny ears and a Star Warscreature. The bubbly 27-year-old is showing off her wares from her home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake. Gnawing on a bone next to her is Blueberry, a petite, white rescue pup with a speckled tummy who bears a striking resemblance to Dobby, the house-elf from