Class or Challenge Title: Potions
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Periodic Table Purse
Brief Description: I had bought this fabric to make this specific purse years ago and am so happy to finally have it done! The pattern is the Dandelion Double Zip Handbag by Blue Calla patterns.
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Wow, this is SO COOL!
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That bag is so cool! And so much amazing knitting lately!!
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This is awesome!!! You should be sure to give it a full project post too, so the rest of the site can ooh and ahh over it.
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Be still, my nerdy heart! What a cool bag!
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Class or Challenge Title: Divination
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Starry and Bookish Bookmarks
Brief Description: These painted skyscapes don’t start with a plan and I never know where they’ll end up when I pick up a brush and pour out my colors. No two are ever the same - the clouds of color and splatters of stars tell me where they want to be. I added quotes that spoke to me.
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Class or Challenge Title: Alchemy
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Amigurumi crocodile
Brief Description: I read the pattern and transformed it into a little crocodile. A small xmas gift for my brother.
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Class or Challenge Title: Care of Magical Creature
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Tiny frog
Brief Description: Made a small green frog for my brother.
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Class or Challenge Title: Apparition
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Paracord bracelet for mum
Brief Description: When using paracord string its important to burn the ends on the string, so they dont fray. And thats what I did with this bracelet.
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Class or Challenge Title: Transfiguration
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Joint seam pincushion
Brief Description: I learded the old seam “joint seam” (not sure its the actual name in english), where one can use smaller bits that might have been thrown away. Here we used wool fabric, and got the pieces pre-cut. It was fun to learn something new, and I got a nice pin cushion as a result.
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Class or Challenge Title: Detention - Stash
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Tiny Kangaroo
Brief Description: I used some Tilda-yarn from my stash to make this tiny kangaroo.
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Class or Challenge Title: Detention - WIP
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Lovikka mittens
Brief Description: I started this pair of mittens in september, but it took a while to finish them. Mostly because I did easier projects in between. But my brother got a pair of warm, woolen mittens.
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Class or Challenge Title: Hermiones book club
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Colorful mittens
Brief Description: Mum hade mittens like these a couple of years ago, and I have dreamt about making a pair for myself ever since. They are so lovely! And now I have my own.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress Challenge - December
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: 12 days of crochet - wombat
Brief Description: I participated in a CAL in the start of december. Make 12 tiny animals, which all came from Australia. This was superfun, and I made them all. And since they are 12 different animals, Im using 7 of them for this challenge.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress Challenge - December
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: 12 days of crochet - Blue-ringed octopus with no rings
Brief Description: I participated in a CAL in the start of december. Make 12 tiny animals, which all came from Australia. This was superfun, and I made them all. And since they are 12 different animals, Im using 7 of them for this challenge.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress Challenge - December
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: 12 days of crochet - Snake
Brief Description: I participated in a CAL in the start of december. Make 12 tiny animals, which all came from Australia. This was superfun, and I made them all. And since they are 12 different animals, Im using 7 of them for this challenge.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress Challenge - December
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: 12 days of crochet - Frog
Brief Description: I participated in a CAL in the start of december. Make 12 tiny animals, which all came from Australia. This was superfun, and I made them all. And since they are 12 different animals, Im using 7 of them for this challenge.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress Challenge - December
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: 12 days of crochet - Cockatoo
Brief Description: I participated in a CAL in the start of december. Make 12 tiny animals, which all came from Australia. This was superfun, and I made them all. And since they are 12 different animals, Im using 7 of them for this challenge.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress Challenge - December
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: 12 days of crochet - Ring-tailed possum
Brief Description: I participated in a CAL in the start of december. Make 12 tiny animals, which all came from Australia. This was superfun, and I made them all. And since they are 12 different animals, Im using 7 of them for this challenge.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress Challenge - December
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: 12 days of crochet - Mini Great White Shark
Brief Description: I participated in a CAL in the start of december. Make 12 tiny animals, which all came from Australia. This was superfun, and I made them all. And since they are 12 different animals, Im using 7 of them for this challenge.
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And a bonus pic on all the animals;
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That little cockatoo is the cutest! And I bet they dont make a terrible noise at 6am!
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Oh my gosh! What a cute collection!
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They’re so cute and bitty! I love them!
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Class or Challenge Title: Astronomy
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Blue Sunstone Rosary
Brief Description: The blue sunstones in this rosary reflect so much light that they sparkle like the Milky Way!
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Class or Challenge Title: Flying
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Rosary in Cool Colors
Brief Description: Every rosary gives me a ton of practice cutting wire and making loops - there are 59 beads in a five decade rosary.
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Class or Challenge Title: Herbology
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Starry Skyscape on Birch Wood
Brief Description: This painting of a starry nighttime scene uses a rustic slice of birch wood as a canvas.
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Class or Challenge Title: Detention - Reparo Challenge
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Jade and Pink Opal Rosary
Brief Description: My DS2 decided to rip apart his jade rosary and feed it to his dragon (robot). I rescued what remained from the belly of the beast, replaced some beads and components, and gave it new life.
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Class or Challenge Title: Headmistress Prompt - January
House: Slytherin
Project Name & Page Link: Pink Opal Rosary Pair
Brief Description: I had an extra Saint Michael rosary medal in my stash, and was thrilled to find a matching red enameled crucifix and these gorgeous opal beads (it’s my birthstone).
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Those rosarys are really well done. What were for you use? I tried making a pearl one for my mother in the past, but the wire was too soft and she kept breaking it. I used to tell her she was paying too hard. But I could never come up with a satisfactory solution
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Class/Challenge: Headmistress November Challenge
SPEW: CC Animal Shelter
House: Ravenclaw
Project Name: Catnip Squares
Brief Description: For this challenge, I made some fleece squares stuffed with catnip for the cats at my local shelter. They were made using the corner pieces left over from making fleece tied blankets.
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Thank you!
I used stainless steel eye pins and brass eye pins. Both were purchased in bulk from bead stores. The brass is on the softer side (my DS2 was able to pull it out of shape when he was 5, but the rosary that gets bounced around in my purse has survived the abuse), but the stainless steel seems sturdy enough. It’s a balancing act between wire soft enough to not damage the beads as you bend the wire into shape, yet sturdy enough to not get pulled out of shape in the hand.
That’s a good idea using eye pins.
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It saves so much work, and time! No measuring, and I can batch each step. Just, bead on and fold (x59)…trim (x59)…loop (x59)…attach.
I picked up a very neat little pliers in Joanne’s(?) When I was in the US 5 years ago. Bead on, wire into pliers, squeeze and it trims and makes a loop in one motion. I don’t know what they are called, but well worth getting.
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I had no idea something like that existed - how cool!