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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Advanced Studies S13: OWLs Part 10

I've done 10 of these so my cute beginnings are waning. So let's see the OWLs! It's why you're here anyways.

We start with a spinning OWL from ChellBelle. She spun 8 oz of fibre into 4-ply cabled yarn on her spindle for her Herbology OWL:


alchemycat completed an Astronomy OWL by weaving scarves for different parts of the solar system. First up is the sun:


Then Venus:

Earth:


Jupiter:


And finally Saturn:


Twistetsister did a spinning OWL, transfiguring large amounts of fiber into yarn for Transfiguration:

700g:

And another 200g for 900g of fibre to yarn total:


Back to knitting: fluttervale knit three baby sweaters for Defense Against the Dark Arts:




kayhey groomed a Hippogriff for her Care of Magical Creatures OWL: what a beautiful shawl!


And finally for today we have PoofyBird. For her Defense Against the Dark Arts OWL PoofyBird completed her binder for TGKA Master Hand Level 1, this is her 6th volume


And a sample of what is inside:



We've almost gone through all of the amazing Puff OWLs! Keep looking for more here on The HuffleBlog this month!

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Advanced Studies S13: OWLs Part 8

I love OWLs!!

First up today we have Marushka with her History of Magic OWL. She created this blanket to be donated to St. Mungo's in honor of the St. Mungo:

 
She knit this shawl to represent Twilfitt and Tatting's in Diagon Alley:

 
And for her third location she knit this shawl to represent the Lovegood's home:

 
What a great way to do HoM with locations instead of people!

KristiRose also completed her History of Magic OWL with three pairs of socks. She knit socks inspired by Draco Malfoy:

 
Socks for Hermione:


And finally socks for Dolores Umbridge:


WomblingStar conquered the Cruciatus curse with this adorable sweater! In lace weight! Talk about brave. 


Next up is TinySticher who completed her Potions OWL with this large and colorful blanket!


And finally we have a spinning owl! mma spun all this beautiful yarn to represent the solar system for her astronomy OWL!


Don't forget! You can propose a NEWT any time this month and prepared your OWL proposals this month so they're ready to go September 1st!

Friday, August 16, 2013

Advanced Studies S13: OWLs Part 7

Yay OWLs!

nwheatley completed her Astronomy OWL by interpreting her daughter's horoscope with this beautiful sweater!


midwestAliceAnn completed her Potions OWL with her awesome intarsia dinosaur sweater intended for her granddaughter. Rawr!


Next I'm excited to show of my DADA Cruciatus curse OWL: the spiral blanket of awesome!


SuperM wove some beautiful floral towels for her Herbology OWL

 
Finally today we have Lanismom who completed her Astonomy OWL with projects representing the spiral galaxy and northern lights:



Monday, August 12, 2013

Advanced Studies S13: OWLs Part 5

Yay OWL Time!

We start with Bijou3owl's Arithmancy OWL: a blanket for her brother in his college colors!


For her Charms OWL scrapdash knit this beautiful lace stole:


For her CoMC OWL vspringer hatched the egg of a Balinese Teal Dragon:


LarcYarn also hatched an egg, but her's was a beautiful water sprite!


Finally lucamama conquered the Cruciatus curse with this beautiful top:


Keep checking back for some more amazing Advanced Studies project! Perhaps you'll be inspired to propose your own!

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Advanced Studies S13: OWLS Part 4

We return to OWLs this break month with quiltyone's Muggle Studies sweater:


sandy62 repelled the Cruciatus Curse with this beautiful shawl:


With another beautiful shawl we have craftyshanna who groomed a Hippogriff and knit this shawl:


TheDoctorsPlusOne combined knitting and spinning in her Divination OWL with a shawl, socks, and some beautiful handspun yarn. 




Finally for this installment we have neptunesmoon with her History of Magic sweater!


All of our OWL projects so far have been amazing, keep checking back for more!

Friday, August 2, 2013

Advanced Studies S13: NEWTS

We had three amazing Hufflepuffs finish a NEWT during the Spring 2013 term.

First off was kirsts and her Arithmancy/DADA NEWT:


kirsts used the 75 squares as a part of this blanket:


Next we had LuckyNumbers with her DADA/Ancient Runes:


Now that's some crazy colorwork. 

Finally, we have stashalert with her Muggle Studies/DADA NEWT:


We are so proud of our awesome NEWT-ers this term. If you're thinking of attempting a NEWT for the Fall 2013 term head on over to the Advanced Studies planning thread in the Den! We'd love to see even more Hufflepuffs able to make their long term knitting goals. 

Thursday, June 27, 2013

As The End Draws Near

Wow! Can you believe how fast this month has flown by.  But don't worry, we still have a few days left of frantic crafting to get our homework assignments in before the final bell chimes.

Some of our Den Mates have been working hard all month long.  And truly lifted the bar on crafting.  Let's see what they've been up too and be inspired in the process.

DIVINATION
For the class this month you may:
Option 1: Craft the flame.
Option 2: Craft something that represents the question you asked of the flame.
Option 3: Craft something inspired by a symbol you saw in the flame (this does not have to be an Ancient Egyptian symbol but you may use that for inspiration if you wish), explaining what you think it means.
Non Rav Crafts are allowed if pre-approved, see post 1 for details.
 Skrewkat dared to stare into the flames and asked her questions and the answer the flames gave her is this awesome convertible lattice worked hat/cowl 


 Jen2291 saw spots when she looked into the flames. Disneyland spots!




 Kimanneberly looked into the flame and saw symbols found in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. She then crafted these stitch markers to depict these symbols. Nice work.


DADA
option 1.) Study the natural form of the boggart. No-one has yet identified what the boggart actually looks like. Eliminate your fears from your heart and craft something that you believe would represent a boggart, when it has no fears to shape shift into.
Option 2.) humour is known to defeat a boggart. Practice the riddikulus charm to eliminate a boggart by crafting something that provokes laughter and gaiety.”
JillinSingapore practiced her riddikulus charm and crafted a ninja robot for option 2 for DADA. I love this little guy!


Vspringer searched out the true nature of the boggart and found it's true form.




TheWindWraith had good luck practicing the riddikulus charm.  She conjured up a boggart wearing this awesomely funny hat!


CHARMS
Option 1: “Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.”
Knitting/Crochet/Weaving: Fight ugliness. Celebrate beauty. Make an item that makes someone look good. You define what “looks good” is but it must be for a human being.
Option 2: “Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slime-ball.”
Knitting/Crochet/Weaving: Make an item either to embellish someone’s hair or that covers dirty hair.
Option 3: “Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people’s business.”
Spinning: A spindle looks like a long nose. Spin some yarn using a drop spindle.
Option 4: “Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor.”
Dyeing: Show that Snape was a great Potions Professor. Dye some yarn in colors inspired by a potion ingredient. Identify the ingredient and explain how it inspired you.
Nutmegandmia showed off how great a Potions Professor was with her homework assignment.  Lovely colors.  A true master.





 Froggie3ds crafted an item to make someone look good with multi-uses. Brilliant!




 Neptunesmoon decided to fight ugliness for her homework assignment and crafted this gorgeous top!







CARE of MAGICAL CREATURES
Craft something that reminds you of the ashwinder. Consider its physical properties: how it is born, something to protect from heat/fire, something to help clean up from the dust that it leaves in its wake. These are just some ideas! We look forward to see how you study the ashwinder!
Trapeze12 followed an ashwinder and was sure glad she'd crafted this lovely cowl to save her from the ash when it's egg exploded on her.








Froggie3ds preformed an experiment and feed an ashwinder skittles.  Just look at the rainbow... Er, I mean results!




Quiltyone crafted this dress the color of the flame and matching ashwinder scarf!  I think it deserves three cheers!


 Hope you all as inspired as I am after looking at everyone's homework assignments!