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After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
Who said it?

uuummmm? can this be right?

i sent this question in an email to nelle but i just read on her blog that she is off campus till monday so i thought id post it here too. this being my first pair of socks i, of course, am second guessing my self the whole way :0). i have about 2 inches done on the ankle part of the sock. it looks awfully small. but i slid it over my foot and my foot is 8.5 around just like nelles is and it slid right on. i am meeting gauge for the pattern. my concern is that it seems a bit small to pull over your heel. you know how its wider there? and dont you hate socks that fit but are really hard to get on? i do. i just feel like if i make them bigger they maybe wont stay up. they arent ribbed the whole way just at the cuff. what do you think? would you keep going or take it out and add a few more stitches? falling down socks arent any better than too tight ones. i dont think they will be too tight on just tight to get over the heel. ok any advise you have to give would be great . thanks guys
Allitrya Spellling- Gryffindor

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"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure."

What a slow owl!!

Well the owl with Bella's yarn finally got here! This owl makes the Weasley's old owl Errol look like a speed daemon. I can finally swatch for Bella's socks, now I just need to find the perfect pattern. :: does a happy dance::

Slytherins I hope that all goes well with your knitting charms or those who prefer to have their house elves do their knitting you haven't had any issues with Dobby or Hermione trying to liberate your house elves. If so let me know I need some practice on my hexes ;-)

Cheers,
Megaera Black
Slytherin Prefect

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" And I'd tell him to follow his instincts, which are good and nearly always right."

Who said it and about who?

wooo hoooo

I got my first sock done but some how I have no darning needle with so I can't sew the toe up and start sock # two. I am very excited but I am going to shop over my three day weekend next weekend for something to spruce up the socks. :) I am soo excited. I tried them on very cozy.

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"Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first."

Oliver Wood - Prisoner of Azkaban

And since I don't want to hog *all* the answers, I guess I'll stop now ....

Lady Felula
Gryffindor House

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"No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines. I do love knitting
patterns."

Dumbledore .... Half Blood Prince

Lady Felula
Gryffindor House

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An extremely easy one to get us thru the night ....

"I can make that old bloke down there pick his nose again ... and again .... and again ... "

of course I don't know why anyone would want to see that, but appearantly this person did.

Who is it and how is he making the bloke do it again and again??

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Ok who said it

"Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first."

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Who said It?
As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them

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Okay this is super easy ... Who said it, and in which book?

"No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines. I do love knitting
patterns."

And the Winner Is....

The winner of this week's House Quiz

is none other than...

Andromeda Finch-Fletchley

Congratulations!!

Be sure to PM me on Ravelry with the

address you'd like your Slippery Slytherin House Prize

to go to...

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yay! my turn! here you go. kind of an easy one:
"THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED! DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!"
who said it to who?

Allitrya Spelling- Gryffindor

1 down, 1 to go

One done, and that always makes #2 easier for me. Go knitting go!

Cliodna Boomslang, Ravenclaw

Sneak Peak

Hey Queen Frysia from Gryffindor ... did you want a peak at your socks? here's a nice blurry photo so you can peak at the colors at least.

If you want a better look you can pop over to my blog and take a look at some clearer photos.

(for others interested, the photos show my StopFast/LifeLine thread as well and how I use it).

Queen Frysia

Slytherin

(aka ginger gargoyle)

A good first attempt

Well, I've completed one sock . . . all except the grafting of the toe. All in all, I like it. Its my first wearable sock ;) but its not perfect. Since its for someone else, who is working hard on socks for me, I am going to try again. Check it out on my blog (unless you are Gabrielle Lovegoods) http://www.janecantknitsocks.blogspot.com/
Lilly Longbottom (Jane)
Go Gryffindor!

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That was said by Barty Crouch Jr disguised as moody to Snape.

Good quote, had to check that one out!

okay now who said this, to whom, and about who?

"They were both Aurors, you know, and very well respected within the Wizarding community."

I feel so wonderfully devilish right now .... good luck!

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*I say there are spots that don't come off....
Spots that never come off, d'you know what I mean? *
Who Said It?
Post your answer to the main blog and then add a quote of your own

I have it

I found it finally the ravenclaw colored yarn for my partners socks. I scrounged yarn shops yesterday and found it and am working

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*If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals*
Who said it?

Lexicon back up

Good news quiz-mistresses, the HP Lexicon has discovered that they are having a technical glitch but have set up a link to get to their site.
so direct your pointers here:

HP Lexicon

Queen Frysia
Slytherin
aka ginger gargoyle

never make a free house elf angry

Coco, my house elf, has determined I have spent way too much time on crochet and knitting lately and not enough with her. The only reason she's not looking for work is that 1. She's just way too cute. 2. She did not gut any of my sock yarn. LOL Grandma

Socks

I started knitting the socks for my partner. However, I'm not thrilled with how the yarn is working with the pattern I choose. So, I may be ripping them out and starting over with a new pattern. We'll see.

My meez

Grandma!

Please meet Daisy Rozier from Ravenclaw

Hello I'm Daisy a first year from Ravenclaw. I love my orange shoes!
I'm off to start winding my yarn into a ball so I can start my socks for my pal.

Quiz question

Would someone please verify that we are supposed to post answers to the quizzes here on the blog, as well as the answers to trivia questions, etc.

Perhaps I missed the postings, even though I've been checking the blog every day or two. I never saw the postings for the first Slytherin quiz, and I never saw any postings for the Gryffindor quiz besides mine. But the Slytherin prefect posted that all three of the Slytherin quizzes were returned.

Which reminds me - I didn't see any posting about the completed Gryffindor quiz, either.

I would really appreciate knowing the correct procedure for these activities. Knitting I can handle. And putting together a package is fun. But it's frustrating to not be sure of the correct procedure here nor does it encourage me to participate.

Lady Felula the Forgetful
Gryffindor House