HP Craftalong ~Fall Semester 2012~ *CLOSED*

[Abbeeroad]

Love the nativity puzzle, patty_o!! Wow - awesome uncle shirts, Eiseldora! You've been busy!!
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Class/Challenge/House Pride: November Quidditch Challenge - Craft for a Cause
House: Gryffindor
Project Name: Socks for Sandy
Project Page Link (if available): N/A
Brief Description: (how it fits the requirements, pattern/techniques/recipe used, any fun tips, etc.)

I took jillybean's idea on this one. I found a fleece sock pattern free online and picked up some fleece remnants from Walmart the other day along with a bunch of other items I'm donating at the Salvation Army/News 12 NJ drive for Sandy this afternoon. The items are guaranteed to go stay in Jersey, which is important to me since I live here. There has been an incredible outpouring of support to NYC which is awesome and much needed, but I wanted to help my fellow New Jersians. I made 5 pairs of fleece socks in various colors.

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[jennieingram]

Way to go Abbee!!!!

[jillybeans]

Yay Abbeeroad!  Love the fleece socks!  Mine were just going to be dumb tube sock ones that I've made in the past, though they are really comfy.  Man, I need to get on that!  I totally borrowed my mom's sewing machine so that I can get started but now I just need to find time.  Perhaps tomorrow night!

[seeuudee]

I go away for a few days (totally HP related, of course - I went to the HP Studio Tour!  ) and the board explodes with some great projects!

[Ant Bee]

Class/Challenge/House Pride: Nov Quidditch: Craft for a Cause
House: Slytherin
Brief Description: As I posted previously the author Debbie Macomber has been doing a yearly drive to gather cozy goodness made by fans and friends and distribute them among affiliated charities.  This is my 3rd year sending and so I sent 3 things- 2 m/L loom-knit hats in Bernat Soft Baby Steps "Blue Earth" which is nice and well, soft. The third item is the blanket and hat set I made for the SPEW thread also in Soft Baby Steps, this one in "Cherry Cola" color.

Good News: I happily mailed out the package today!
Bad News: I forgot to get a pic of the blue hats!

I will accept the call of the faculty as to whether or not this will count.  I thought I had done a pic of all of it but it's not here, so clearly I got distracted (shocker.)  I did it not for the points but to support the drive so I'm ok either way.

But, so there's something to look at:

[ttarsia]

Yeah...so I've been seriously MIA...as I'm trying to actually get into the habit of responding...and... ya know...posting!  I hope that everyone is having a great time with the challenges on here as much as I am.

Here is are some pictures of some of the pieces I'll be using for one of my shadowboxes.  I really wanted to get this one done first as it is my mom's christmas present!! 

This pictures aren't much.  The poem I wrote and the bind rune is something I put together.  The picture I actually want to use as a faded background on the shadowbox. 

http://s1163.beta.photobucket.com/user/gadelicac/library/Shadowbox? 

[SpeakGeekAndEnter]

I was slightly hesitant to jump in, seeing how the thread has 66 pages of crafting goodness already, but half the fun of crafting (to me) is sharing, so I figured why not?  

Class/Challenge/House Pride: Gemini Challenge
House: Well... Pottermore sorted me into Ravenclaw but I've always felt more like a Hufflepuff and I suppose Ravenpuffs aren't allowed soo...... I'm going to stick with Hufflepuff.
Project Name: Rumplestiltskin's Dagger
Project Page Link (if available):
Brief Description: I hope this fits the requirements, I'm not entirely sure since it's my version of a replica yet I seem to have dropped a few drops of shrinking potion on it.  Rumplestiltskin's dagger from Once Upon A Time (picture link:http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2yoorl5X21qznarh.png) is one of my favourite props on the show so I had to try my hand at making a miniature version to be worn as jewelery. It is made from Premo polymer clay - which thankfully has quite a bit of flexibility to it after baking and even though the blade is only a millimeter thick it bends and slowly relaxes back into shape rather than breaking.  The whole thing is only 3inches long.
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Class/Challenge/House Pride: Transfiguration
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name: Voodoo Doll charm
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Brief Description: My spell must have gone slightly awry somewhere as my beetles turned into buttons..made of polymer clay. I didn't want to let them go to waste so I used them for eyes on this little voodoo doll charm I was making. He's just a hair over an inch tall and looks a little bit sad but then I suppose given his job in life, it's to be expected.
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[patty_o_furniture]

awesome dagger!  And welcome Hufflepuff! 

[jillybeans]

Wow, how did you get Rumplestiltskin's name on there so small?  That is so cool!

[Kit the Brave]

So much awesomeness!

@pottermouth, I love the soot sprites! Are they circles of fake fur with gathered edges, or did you sew them in pieces like a baseball, or...

@Abbeeroad, I think the pair of socks should count for the Gemenio Challenge...

@pinkleo, those hats are adorable and amazingly numerous! My husband used to take donations to Pine Ridge every winter. He loved the beautiful country and getting to know the people. I know they will really appreciate the hats.

Challenge: September detention (finally!)
House: Hufflepuff
Project: The Cowl Jumped Over the Moon
Project Link: http://www.woolandcompany.biz/cowls-home/cowl-jumped/



I've had this kit ever since Sock Summit 2011 and I finally finished it! I didn't do the edging because I liked the look of the curling stockinette edges (and I wasn't sure about the effect of all that orange!), so I also have a small skein of the orange left to use for something else.

WELCOME TO HUFFLEPUFF, andCuriouser! It's always good to meet another OUaT fan, and that dagger is amazing!