~ Harry Potter Craftalong ~
~ October 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023 ~
Welcome to Hogwarts!
~ WHAT IS THE HP CRAFTALONG & HOW TO PARTICIPATE ~
The Harry Potter Craftalong (HPC) is a way to share your crafts, cheer on friends, celebrate your love of Harry Potter, and most of all to be inspired . Each term we have class prompts inspired by Hogwarts courses, Detention challenges to motivate you on mundane tasks, & Headmistress Musings inspired by the season. Complete crafts inspired by these prompts, and you earn House Points. While the prompts themselves are HP themed, your crafts do not have to be. You may craft anything you wish. You may join anytime during a term, and participate as much, or as little as you wish. At the end of each term we take an average of each House’s Points, and declare a winner!
To participate, simply read through the prompts in the post below, find one that inspires you, create a craft to fit the challenge, then post it here. That’s all there is to it!
~ HOW TO POST ~
To submit a project, cut & paste the following header into your post, and fill in the required info. You can add more than one project to your post.
Class or Challenge Title:
SPEW or LC Contest: If your item is for charity, or was created as an entry to a contest here on LC, enter that here; if not please delete this line.
House:
Project Name & Page Link: Add a link to your project posted here on Lettuce Craft, or to a recipe, pattern, etc.
Brief Description: How it fits the requirements, pattern/techniques used, any fun tips, etc.
Project Picture: REQUIRED! No picture = No House Points
~ ABOUT ELIGIBLE HPC PROJECTS ~
-Projects should take a minimum of 30 minutes to make.
-For a project to be counted, it must have a picture or a link to a picture included at the time of posting . If your item is a private piece, or is being kept secret for a Swap, you are more than welcome to send a Private Message directly to the the Headmistress.
-For any cooking/food project, in addition to a photo, you must post a complete recipe , or a link to the recipe you used. No recipe = no points.
~ HPC FAQs ~
-Do you sort me? No, you decide which house you belong to.
-I have a problem or question; who can I ask? You can send a Personal Message (PM) to Headmistress @MistressJennie . You can also ask questions in the thread.
-Do I have to craft all the classes & challenges? Nope! Just do what you want to craft.
-Does my craft project have to be Harry Potter themed? No, craft anything you like.
-This is a lot of info. How do I keep myself organized? Feel free to use Hermione’s Homework Planner , a Google Doc created & updated by MistressJennie. Claim a sheet of the Homework Planner at the bottom of the page, and rename it with your username. Please DO NOT alter the Master Sheet at the far left.
~Class Prompts~ 
Alchemy: The introduction of Alchemy to Latin Europe can be dated to 1144 through the translation of an Arabic book. Translate a written pattern into a physical product or celebrate the year and craft something that has an element of doubling up.
Apparition: Even though Apparation is the fastest means of travel, there are many who prefer broomsticks, the Floo Network or Portkeys. For this term craft something with the help of booms or brushes, a fireplace (or the use of fire), or something that you consider magical when touching.
Arithmancy: Fortune telling of any kind is an imprecise magic. Using your best divination skills, tackle a project where the end result is not a given. For example, recreate an item you’ve fallen in love with when seen in a movie or TV show- no patterns or step-by-step guidance. Or, make a new recipe off-the-cuff where you’re not sure how it will come out. (Pantry Surprise!)
Astronomy: The night sky is always changing. Using the stars as your inspiration craft something that changes as you use it, or something that shines and reflects.
: Care of Magical Creatures: This term we are studying the Common Welsh Green , a species native to Wales. Study this dragon by crafting something that uses an element of green or inspired by a symbol of Wales, like the daffodil, a 
Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA): This term we will be studying Vampyres and how to defend against them. Create something that features vampyres, or expand this study by making a cloak, or a halloween costume. You may also craft using mirrors, wooden sticks or garlic; or make something that incorporates both red and black.
Divination: This term we will be studying the practice of Automatic Writing. While holding a pen or pencil, you allow whatever symbols, pictures, or words that flow through you end up on your parchment. To demonstrate your mastery of this subject create something using pencil or ink in its creation. This could be a drawing or making prints using ink. Alternatively, you may also create something that is so familiar to you, that you can almost make it with thinking.
Flying: Skills and drills are key to making a quality quidditch player. For this term show your work as you practice the skills in your craft of choice. Examples would be: making an embroidery stitch sampler, a blanket of varied crochet stitch blocks, practice work using the tools of your hobby like welding practice, etc. Alternatively, you could do something directly related to flight or flying animals.
Herbology: Plants bring better air quality indoors and add beauty to wherever you find them. For this assignment please work with plants and/or plant accessories. Work on a floral arrangement for a special event, carefully repot your Venomous Tentacula in a planter you’ve painted, or knit a cozy for your Mimbulus Mimbmimbletonia.
History of Magic (HoM): A main focus for this class is being able to recall important names, places, and events. For your assignment, craft something to commemorate an event or to remember someone or someplace special to you. For example, an embroidered birth announcement, a painting of your childhood home or summer escape, a sewn or quilted item made from a meaningful piece of clothing.
Muggle Studies: Muggles use many means to accomplish what a witch or wizard can do with magic. For your assignment, craft something using non-magical tools and resources- for example, use a manual drill, find your patterns in a library book rather than on the internet, cook something over an open fire rather than in the kitchen.
Potions: High quality ingredients make high quality potions. For this assignment you are to use the good stuff . You might break out that yarn you bought 10 years ago but never found a pattern worthy of it, use the fabric you have been hoarding and make a tote bag you can carry every day, or finally allow yourself to purchase the supplies you need to make something you’ve been wanting for a long time but couldn’t justify the expense. Show your work.
Transfiguration: In transfiguration class we learn how to change one object into another. For this assignment please create something that is vastly different than the sum of its parts.
House Pride Challenge: Please craft something by your chosen Hogwarts House.
House Unity Challenge: Please craft something inspired by another Hogwarts House, or by all of the Houses/School combined.
Advanced Studies Challenge: Put in 2 hours on an ongoing Advanced Studies project, and be prepared to show before & after progress shots.
Reparo Challenge: Repair something, alter something to suit you, or complete a large organization project.
Stash Challenge: Craft something solely from your stash.
WIP Challenge: Complete a Work In Progress.
~ Headmistress Prompts ~ 
November Challenge 
December Challenge 
Iron Chef Around the World Challenge! 
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