Your AS proposal has been added to the project log! I have the goal of making Xmas stockings every year too, haha. Good luck!
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Ugh, this weekend totally got on top of me and i missed our Zoom! I’ll try harder for the next one, hope y’all had a blast!
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My unfinished advent calendar arrived! Look how big it is. My husband’s vintage Star Trek lunchbox for size reference.
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@MistressJennie It’s huge! That’s going to hold so many good treats.
Prompt: Book Club Chapter 10
House: Hufflepuff
Pattern: Made using this pattern. Kind of.
Project Description: There was a pattern involved in the beginning of this project, but I kind of looked at it and had a “yee haw” kind of sewing session. Increased the pattern by 150%, decided to use only two of the pieces, and completely threw away the directions. So there was definitely a road map, but I kind of only used it to go “I am at point A, I’d like to be at point B, this piece of paper confirms there are roads between here and there.” Couldn’t have done it without the basic bodice shape, though, and I do like the way it turned out.
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Such a cute dress, and I love your description. That is how my doll clothes crafting has been lately.
Class or Challenge Title: Charms
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Falling Leaves Bonnet
Brief Description: I created this yarn last year for a challenge, but mostly because I love the changing season’s color palette. (My birthday is in October, right around peak color in my neck of the woods, and it makes me soooo happy.) I’ve been looking for the perfect project for the yarn, and I found this pattern that allowed me to use up every last bit of it! And, it’s mine, all mine! (insert maniacal laughter) 
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It’s awesome!!
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Wow that came out great! and so fast!
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Thank you! It did work up quickly, or I may have neglected some of the housework for a couple days… 
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Very pretty tendstowardschaos!
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OK… this isn’t quite the normal HPC project so feel free to tell me ot doesn’t count, but I’m hoping that you’ll agree its on the spirit…
Class: Flying
House: Hufflepuff
Project: Not a mouse
So… I knitted nearly all of a stuffed toy mouse. Took about (??) 3/4 hours?
But as I came almost to the point of stuffing, I wasn’t feeling it. No personality. He sat unworked on for a couple of weeks
And then tonight I finally decided, since I was only making him for fun and I’d stopped having fun, to rip him back, rewind, and reorganise all my adorable little mini skeins into their ball bands and tidied away
Cute, right?
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Those are so cute! I love that you were able to let a project “go” because you realized it wasn’t fun anymore. All too often I would just throw it in a bin where it just clutters up my room for years and years.
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Honestly, that would normally be me too, but I just couldn’t help but keep thinking how much cuter they looked in the bowl!
When I have nice yarn, I defo feel the pressure to “use it well” - sometimes so much that I never use it because no pattern will ever be “good enough” … i think that tenancy has actuality served me well here!!
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Headmistress Jennie casts the House Points Charm!
A new Hermione’s Book Club prompt has been posted!
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Hey friends, there’s a new LC Challenge up! Remember, if you participate in a site challenge, you get 10 bonus points when you post here too. 
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Class or Challenge Title: Transfiguration
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Another Skein of Sweater Yarn
Brief Description: I’m now halfway through the 4 pounds of fiber that I bought to spin into ‘sweater yarn.’ That is, wool in a nice weight for a sweater (or two). This is the 8th skein and each skein takes approximately 11-12 hours of work.
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Class or Challenge Title: Astronomy
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Spinning a Small Breed Sampler
Brief Description: I’ve been wanting to try some new wool breeds and blends to get better at spinning and learn about the different varieties out there. There are just so many different breeds of just sheep, it’s crazy pants! I started small with this seven-breed ‘Au Naturel’ sampler from RH Lindsay Wool Merchants. I’ve learned that I do not enjoy spinning the rougher breeds, but I absolutely adore Rambouillet…could spin that all day long.
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Class or Challenge Title: Detention - WIP Challenge
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Rainbow Batik Colorwash Quilt
Brief Description: This full-size quilt has been in-progress for most of the year - what a relief to have it finished! It was a labor of love and I hope my DS2 loves it as much as I do.
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Class or Challenge Title: Arithmancy
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Bananas Foster Butter
Brief Description: I really do love both cooking, and canning, though I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. After teaching my recent canning class, I still had all the canning tools and supplies out, so I decided to make a batch of Banana’s Foster Butter. I love this recipe because it’s incredibly cheap to make. About $2 worth of bananas, and 3 T of rum are the most expensive ingredients.
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Class or Challenge Title: Book Club Ch 11
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Butterscotch Pecan Shortbread Mixes
Brief Description: These are for for my pile of Christmas gifts for friends and neighbors. I wanted an excuse to use up some older quart jars in my cupboard, and I had most of the ingredients on hand. Just need the butterscotch pudding mix, and butterscotch chips. The fabric covers are from a fat quarter of Christmas fabric my mom sent me a few years ago, and the baker’s twine came from a previous craft swap. Perhaps the GBBO swap I did with @PerfectlyBohemian? Not sure. But I liked getting to reuse the pieces that had been stashed in a zip bag in my ribbon drawer.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress - November
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Cranberry Hootycreek Cookie Mixes
Brief Description: These will be another addition to my gift stash for friends and neighbors I’m grateful for. Again, I got to use up jars in my cupboard, and I had nearly all the ingredients. Just had to buy the white chocolate chips. The labels are Avery printable labels I’ve had in my stash forever (they came in a pack of 250), which I stuck to pieces of cardstock. I loved pulling everything from stash for the labels.
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Class or Challenge Title: SoAR
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Ranch & Ras El Hanout Spice Mixes
Brief Description: More handmade Christmas gifts! While losing weight over the summer, one of my few indulgences was a plant based dark chocolate pudding that came in these cute little jars. They were such a great size, I kept them all. Now I have about 30! They are too small for candles, so I decided to make up some spice mixes with them. Fun fact: Ras el Hanout translates as basically ‘best of the (spice) shop’, so I was very literally crafting with the best I was able. I was shy of fabric by just 1 jar. I’ll have to find another scrap to use up for that one.
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Class or Challenge Title: Transfiguration
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Raspberry Rose Jam
Brief Description: Another (final) canning project for the season. Last weekend I found raspberries on crazy sale price, so I bought 6 packages, and made a basic jam, with the addition of 1/4 tsp of rosewater. Canning does take time and patience, but the results are always worth it.
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That is some serious food prep!
Class or Challenge Title: Charms
House: Gryffindor!
Project Name & Page Link: Godzilla Baby Maternity Tee
Brief Description: This project is all for me! Back when my husband & I learned we were having a girl, he gave her the placeholder name of ‘Abigail Godzilla’, and we’ve been calling her Godzilla since then. I’ll be telling my parents about her on Thanksgiving. Since we can’t do it in person, I decided to send them some pictures of the ‘three’ of us. I made this tee with heat transfer vinyl, so little Godzilla could be visible in the picture. I found an image of Godzilla holding a plane, and edited it to be a baby bottle, then added the bow and hearts. After all, girls can grow up to be giant lizard sea creatures warped by nuclear bombs too! This is a quick selfie, but the project post does contain the posed family photo with my husband and I.
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