Prompt/Challenge Title: Privet Drive
Project Name & Page Link: Chambray Shirt Dress
Team: The Daily Prophet
Brief Description: I set aside the quilts I was working on because I absolutely had to sew some clothes. First up was this cotton chambray dress. I love how it came out and will be using this pattern again.
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Dress looks great! Happy birthday!
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Thank you so much!
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Happy birthday dear!
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@tendstowardschaos That dress is wonderful! You’re going to get so much use out of it.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Whomping Willow
Project Name & Page Link: Improvised Cat Bed
Team: Daily Prophet
Brief Description It has been ages since I crocheted anything more complicated than a granny square and it shows. Increasing for the base went fine but I kept adding stitches when crocheting plain for the sides which meant none of the math for the decreases worked and the lining is rather rippley. But it’s good enough for the cat to ignore.
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@tendstowardschaos - Your dress looks great! Making your own clothes is pretty awesome. 
@Trillian - The bed looks good & it even matches your cat! 
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What a cutie! The bed looks cozy and I think it’s been approved by the occupant.
@Trillian You mentioned Thumbelina and The Littles, Did you ever read “Miss Happiness & Miss Flower”, and the follow on, “Little Plum” by Rumer Godden? They’re a big part of fostering my love for mini things!
Prompt/Challenge Title: History of Magic Classroom
Project Name & Page Link: Bear Sweater
Team: The Quibbler
Brief Description: Winnie-the-Pooh was a favorite story of mine when I was a kid. I loved the show and the movies and having the book read to me, especially since I had a Pooh teddy bear. He’s had multiple different shirts over the years, but I lost his last one at some point. I finally made him a new one by knitting him a sweater! It’s not perfect, but I’m happy with it. 
(adapted this pattern (Ravelry link) to fit him)
Prompt/Challenge Title: Transfiguration Classroom
Project Name & Page Link: Fish Hats
LC Contest/LC Swap/Charity Item: STS (Shop the Swap) Fall Market 2024
Team: The Quibbler
Brief Description: I made these silly fish hats for the STS swap this year! They’re fun to make and require measuring many times with measuring tape.
(pattern, Ravelry link)
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Prompt/Challenge Title: Harry’s Bedroom
Project Name & Page Link: Halloween Candy Jar
Team: The Daily Prophet
Brief Description: This massive jar of an unknown (except to me) quantity of sweets is decorated for the season. My son’s classmate ultimately guessed correctly and took home the prize. I hope her parents can forgive me for the excess of sugar, lol.
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@jellybean That is a well loved bear! I’m glad he has a new sweater for winter.
@tendstowardschaos That jar is so festive! (Is that the correct term for Halloween? Or is the adjective reserved for the December holiday season these days?)
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Prompt/Challenge Title: The Sky
Project Name & Page Link: Nautical Quarto Legal Binding
Team: Daily Prophet
Brief Description:
I made two of these bright blue books. The theme is more sea than sky but I still think it fits the prompt.
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@Trillian WOW! That looks amazing!! Beautiful work!
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Voting is now open in the 2024 Halloween Costume Challenge, and Halloween Home & Yard Decor Challenge! Please go vote for your favorite ones.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Herbology Greenhouse
Project Name & Page Link: Circle Ornaments
Team: Daily Prophet
Brief Description: My mom’s friends get together in a cabin every year in early November and I’m usually invited along for craft day. This year I was in charge of finding the project and bringing supplies, so I brought along a pad of holiday scrapbook paper and a vague plan to make ornaments. We settled on this tutorial, which we mostly ignored beyond the instructions for creating the scoring template, but they still turned out pretty well.
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Prompt/Challenge Title: Crafter’s Choice #1
Project Name & Page Link: Watchman’s Cap
LC Contest/LC Swap/Charity Item: Heads, Shoulders, Fingers, and Toes for Western NC
Team: Daily Prophet
Brief Description: A knitwear designer I know from Twitter has a friend who is organizing a drive for winter accessories for the people who were devastated by Hurricane Helene. I sent the two hoods I had knitted previously, along with four new hats. All are superwash wool from stash.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Crafter’s Choice #2
Project Name & Page Link: Watchman’s Cap
LC Contest/LC Swap/Charity Item: Heads, Shoulders, Fingers, and Toes for Western NC
Team: Daily Prophet
Brief Description: I love this color.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Crafter’s Choice #3
Project Name & Page Link: Watchman’s Cap
LC Contest/LC Swap/Charity Item: Heads, Shoulders, Fingers, and Toes for Western NC
Team: Daily Prophet
Brief Description: Something less…intense.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Crafter’s Choice #4
Project Name & Page Link: Watchman’s Cap
LC Contest/LC Swap/Charity Item: Heads, Shoulders, Fingers, and Toes for Western NC
Team: Daily Prophet
Brief Description: This one is the most vivid emerald green!
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Great way to help @Trillian!
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This season is not my best one, as I havent posted anything when finished. But I hope that will change from here on. So here are some of my finished crafts this autumn term.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Privet Drive
Project Name & Page Link: Birthday frog
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: Made a frog for my brother for his birthday. And I had to make it, because its been a thing giving him at least one frog for birthday. This time I was in the last second to finish it.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Harrys bedroom
Project Name & Page Link: Tildas xmas gift
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: Made a small cross stitch for my niece, as an xmas gift. Atlas is her dog, and she likes green. I feel this is a sweet gift.
Prompt/Challenge Title: The Burrow
Project Name & Page Link: Big Brothers xmas gift
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: Something homey, a new pot holder. Always good to have. This is done with mosaic crochet, so very fun to make.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Borgin and Burkes
Project Name & Page Link: Brothers black scarf
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: Xmas gift for my third brother, a black scarf that will be good use in the winter. But black is no fun to knit!
Prompt/Challenge Title: House craft challenge - Scrap/stash
Project Name & Page Link: Lovas xmas gift
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: As I have two nieces (twins) I try to give them similar (but personal) gifts. So Love will get a cross stitch with her dogs name. All stash material.
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Prompt/Challenge Title: Crafters choice 1
Project Name & Page Link: Tiny snowman
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: Made a tiny snowman, first of many.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Crafters choice 2
Project Name & Page Link: Little Zebra
Team: Which broomstick
Brief Description: Made a zebra, because why not.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Crafters choice 3
Project Name & Page Link: Badger no 3
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: Instead of making just a test-square, why not make something fun. This is my third badger from the same pattern, but all three of them are made with different yarns. (The yellow/greenish is the newest)
Prompt/Challenge Title: Crafters choice 4
Project Name & Page Link: Rut the fox
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: A very late birthday gift for my mum. She wanted something handmade, and my craft mojo has been on low mode this entire year. So instead of getting it in September, she got it now, late november! But she is happy non the less!
Prompt/Challenge Title: Hagrids cabin
Project Name & Page Link: Besties Birthday BOM-blanket
Team: Which Broomstick
Brief Description: For my best friend, who is the one I turn to with all the good and some less good.
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