Welcome to the Wizarding World!
~ February 5 - May 31, 2025 ~
WELCOME TO THE ALL NEW, REIMAGINED, HARRY POTTER CRAFTALONG!
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.
If you have been curious about us in the past, but worried about joining such a long-running Craftalong, NOW is the perfect time to join in. The Craftalong has been reimagined, and is going in new direction. Each session we will have prompts inspired by the Wizarding World, Molly’s Housecraft Challenges to motivate you on mundane tasks, & the occasional Minister of Magic Mission. Complete crafts inspired by these prompts, and you earn Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans for your Team. 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 as you like.
Each regular project is worth 10 Bertie Bott’s Beans for your Team. LC Challenge entries, items for LC Swaps, or charity creations, will all earn you 10 Bonus Beans! And Minister for Magic Missions earn a whopping 30 Beans! At the end of each term, we will take an average of each Team’s total, and declare a winning Team!
This first “All New Term” is inspired by the locations in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
To participate, first choose a team. Then read through the prompts below, create a craft to fit the challenge, and post it here. If your project doesn’t fit any prompts, or if you’ve already fulfilled a prompt it fits, simply label it as Crafter’s Choice. (You may submit Crafter’s Choice as many times as needed.) 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.
Prompt/Challenge Title:
Project Name & Page Link: Add a link to your project posted here on Lettuce Craft, or to a recipe, pattern, etc.
LC Contest/LC Swap/Charity Item: If your item is for an LC contest or swap, or is for a charity, enter that here; if not please delete this line.
Team:
Brief Description: How it fits the requirements, pattern/techniques used, any fun tips, etc.
~ 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.
~ HPC FAQs ~
-Which Team am I on? Your choice! But whichever team you choose, you must keep for the rest of the year. After that, you may switch if you wish.
-I have a problem or question; who can I ask? You can send a Personal Message (PM) to @MistressJennie . You can also ask questions in the thread.
-Do I have to craft all the prompts & challenges? Nope!
-Does my craft project have to be Harry Potter themed? Nope!
-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.
Restricted Section - Hermione asks Prof Lockhart for permission to get a book from the Restricted Section of the Library. Moste Potent Potions contained recipes for advanced potions, many of which had gruesome effects. Please craft something with an old or vintage pattern (30+ years old), such as a classic quilt block. Alternately you may craft something gross, or with unpleasant components, such as making a batch of glitter slime with your kids, or cooking with an ingredient you dislike.
Hospital Wing - After an inept Lockhart removes all the bones in Harry’s arm, he’s taken to the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey gives him Skele-gro, to begin the painful process of regrowing bones. Dobby visits in the night, and begs Harry to leave Hogwarts, warning that “history is to repeat itself”. Moments later a petrified Colin Creevey is brought in. Please recraft something you’ve made before. (Your go-to dishcloth pattern, a favorite shirt dress, etc.) Alternately you may channel your inner Gryffindor, and dive into a project that has petrified you in the past. (An exceptionally difficult pattern or medium.)
Potions Dungeon - In order for Hermione to steal potions ingredients from Snape’s private stores, Harry throws a Filibuster’s Firework into Goyle’s cauldron, causing his Swelling Solution to explode all over the classroom. Students are weighed down with swollen heads and arms, and need a Deflating Draught. Use a rare, or valuable supply from stash. Or use a supply you were gifted/inherited, or… salvaged in some way.
Dueling Club - The Trio attends a Dueling Club, taught by Professors Lockhart & Snape. Lockhart is no match for Snape’s Expelliarus charm, and is knocked to the ground. Lockhart claims he could have stopped Snape’s spell, if he wanted to, but allowed himself to be hit so the students could see a disarming spell. Please share a craft that didn’t go as planned, or where you learned something unexpected. Alternately you may combine supplies or ingredients that aren’t normally related, or are considered opposites, such as a salty & sweet snack, or an afghan made of opposites on the color wheel.
Dumbledore’s Office - On his way out of the library, finds Justin and Nearly Headless Nick, both petrified. He’s taken to Dumbledore’s Office, a beautiful circular room, full of curious silver instruments emitting little puffs of smoke, portraits of old headmasters & mistresses snoozing in their frames, and the Sorting Hat. Worried, Harry tries it on, and it repeats that he would have done well in Slytherin. Soon Fawkes the phoenix bursts into flames. Please create something circular (or with a circular tool like circular knitting needles), something silver in color, a portrait, a hat or other headwear, or something that requires heat or fire to complete (such as pottery fired in a kiln or a recipe cooked on a stovetop). Alternately you may give an old item, new life, such as refinishing a piece of furniture.
Christmas Dinner in the Great Hall - The Great Hall is decorated magnificently for Christmas; frost covered trees, garlands of holly and mistletoe, and enchanted snow falling (warm & dry) from the ceiling. Please craft something decorative, or redecorate an area of your home.
Moaning Myrtle’s Bathroom - Harry & Ron drug & hide the unconscious Crabbe & Goyle in a broom cupboard, and steal some of their hairs, then return to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom where the Polyjuice Potion has finally finished brewing. They pour glasses of the disgusting looking potion, tip in the hairs, and each take their dose. Harry & Ron are transformed, but Hermione, from inside a stall, says she can’t go after all, and sends the boys away. Please craft something where the supplies just came together perfectly (ex, finding the perfect fabrics in your stash), something where the components look unpleasant, or a project that came together in a surprising or unexpected way.
Slytherin Common Room - Harry & Ron infiltrate the Slytherin Common Room with Malfoy. It is a long, low, underground room, with rough stone walls, and round green lamps hanging from the ceiling. There are high backed chairs, and an elaborately carved fireplace. Malfoy shows them an article from the Daily Prophet about Mr. Weasley being fined for enchanting the Ford Anglia, and complains about the Ministry raiding their Manor the previous week. Please craft something round, something green, something with a stone component, or raid your stash and craft something entirely with materials you had on hand.
Flooded Corridor (Pt. 2) - After visiting Hermione in the Hospital Wing, Harry & Ron find the corridor outside Myrtle’s bathroom flooded again. Myrtle complains that someone threw a book at her while she was sitting in the U-bend. Despite Ron’s warnings that it could be dangerous, Harry collects the thin black book, which turns out to be the diary of T. M. Riddle, and is dated 50 years previous. Please craft something that includes water in its creation, a book or planner/journal, something from a book (such as a pattern from a craft book), or something black in color.
Dormitory - Harry goes to bed early to examine Riddle’s diary. He tries writing in it, and soon the diary is answering him, and even offers to show Harry what happened 50 years before. Harry is taken inside Riddle’s memory, to the night he “caught” Hagrid. Later Harry finds his dormitory ransacked, and the diary missing. Please craft something that makes a huge mess, or uses a hard-to-find supply. Alternately, you may clean & organize your messy crafting space, or craft something to help you sleep.
Hagrid’s Cabin - Harry & Ron use the Invisibility Cloak to go ask Hagrid the Chamber of Secrets. Just as he begins making tea, Professor Dumbledore & Cornelius Fudge arrive and the boys hide under the cloak. Fudge says he is under a lot of pressure, and must be seen to be doing something about the attacks; he arrests Hagrid. Lucius Malfoy appears moments later, with an Order of Suspension for Dumbledore. Dumbledore objects to Hagrid’s arrest, and tells them all that he will only truly have left, when none there are loyal to him. Please craft something that requires the use of pressure in its creation (making buttons, canning jam), or by using a pattern or supply you are very loyal to. Alternatively, you may craft something for tea time.
Front Seat of the Ford Anglia - Harry & Ron are rescued by the Ford Anglia, which has gone feral in the forest. Please craft something that you can just fly through (like a pattern you have memorized); something wild; something pastel in color, or a project that you couldn’t do without a trusted machine.
Staff Room - Harry & Ron go to the Staffroom to find Prof. McGonagall, where they overhear her telling the teachers that Ginny Weasley has been taken by the monster. Professor Lockhart comes in late, much to the consternation of the other teachers. They remind him of all the boasts he has made about how he could take on the monster himself, and tell him this is his big shot at last. Please craft something you’ve talked about doing, but haven’t gotten around to before now. Alternately you may take a big chance in your crafting. This could be playing yarn chicken, or trying a technique that you’re uncertain of.
Lockhart’s Office - The boys go to see Lockhart, to tell him where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is, only to find him packing to leave. He admits he never did any of the things he claimed in his books; instead taking credit for things other Wizards had done, then modifying their memories so they forgot. For this challenge, please feel free to take a shortcut in your crafting. Use a ‘cheater quilt’ fabric, spend time decorating cupcakes that you made with a packaged mix, etc. Alternately you may craft something for taking a trip, like sewing a Weekender Bag, or craft something on a trip, such as crocheting on a long train ride.
McGonagall’s Office - Fawkes leads Harry, Ron, Ginny & Lockhart to Prof. McGonagall’s office, where they find Dumbledore, and a very relieved Mr. & Mrs. Weasley. Harry recounts the story for them. Dumbledore gives Harry & Ron awards for special services to the school, and 200 points each, and sends Lockhart, Ginny & the Weasleys to the Hospital Wing for hot chocolate and rest, and Prof. McGonagall to the kitchens to organize a feast. Harry confesses that Riddle said he & Harry were alike, and that the Sorting Hat had considered putting him in Slytherin, but Harry had asked not to be placed there. Dumbledore points out that it is “our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” Please share something which demonstrates your own particular choices. For example, perhaps you fell in love with a quilt pattern that was done in white & pastels, but you decided to create one in brights and black tones. Alternatively you may create something involving chocolate.
