Sock Summit Flash Mob!

If you didn't know, there was a Flash Mob at Sock Summit this year. Here are my two favorite vids from the event. (Yep, that's the Yarn Harlot front & center in the first one!)





Wheee!! I gotta get to Sock Summit one of these years!

Gimme an "F"!!

So, I got my first letter for Wizarding Scrabble pretty quickly. I went for "Frog", as every day since Sunday, I've frogged THE SAME PROJECT. Saturday, at Nature's Yarns, there was an unexpected (to me, since I didn't get the e-mail at work) Open Box Sale. 25% off anything you got out of the Open-But-Not-Shelved yarn boxes in the back room, 30% off if you bought an entire bag of something! I only bought one small ball of Rozetti Yarns' "Marina" in the Galaxy Colorway. I hit their website, and got the video instructions on How To Knit Mesh Yarn. It didn't seem too bad. So, Sunday, I cast on 150 stitches, and got about halfway along the third row...


... and decided to frog it. It wasn't being floofly enough. RIIIIIIIP! So, I tried just eight stitches, back and forth the next morning, quickly, before work.


Didn't care for that either, so RIIIIP! again. Then, Monday at lunch, I had the idea of doing ten stitches, but doing angled increases (k1m1 at the beginning of every right side row, k2tog at the end of every right side row).


Well, that didn't quite work, either. RIIIIIIIP!! Here are my lovely little needles, and the danged ball of yarn, all frogged. I may - or may NOT - give it another go this week - three frogs is enough!!


So... gimme an "F"!!

STUFFF!!!

Yesterday, STUFFF was announced at Hogwarts! First, everyone who wanted to play got a lovely letter from the Games Committee:

Dear Student,

Congratulations!

We are delighted to inform you that you have been accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Wizarding Games Committee Holiday Tournament!

In your application, you expressed interest in competing in the Wizard Scrabble Tournament. Therefore, we are pleased to assign this game to you.

As you are well aware, there is one main difference between Muggle Scrabble and Wizarding Scrabble. For the Wizarding game, you do not simple draw tiles out of a bag. Instead, you must first collect the letter tiles by completing various tasks before being able to play.

It is this aspect of the game you will be exploring!

This year we have been kindly sponsored by the proprietors of Weasleys Wizard Wheezes, and as such are able to offer you some highly exclusive tiles to add to your gaming collection!

The Tournament will commence on August 1st and will involve many exciting activities for you to participate in.

We look forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,
Hogwarts Wizarding Games Committee.

Then, the Rules were explained, since not everyone has played Wizarding Scrabble before. There are six letters available to the players for this match: S, T, U, and three Fs. To get them, one must complete the task set forth for each letter:

S: Swatch: Swatch for your next term's OWLs, NEWTS, or other sort of project that's swatchable. Or why not try swatching for a technique new to you, by joining in with one of our swatch-along weeks!

T: Tidy: Organize your stash, project bin, books, needles, or otherwise tidy something physical that is crafting related!

U: Update: Update your Ravelry project, stash and queue pages!

F: Fix: These are your Reparos!

F: Finish: Bust those WIPS!

F: Frog: Just had enough? Frog it!

"For each task you complete, you will earn the corresponding letter (and you can earn them all more than once!) Try to collect them all!"
I made my own Ravatar for while I'm playing:


Now, let's see how many letters I can get!

July Wrap-Up

I kinda forgot to do the wrap-up last month, so here's June and July's Hogwarts Fun (only July pictured):

JUNE: Quidditch, Round 4 - Potter Puppet Pals (Post 3964), June 3; 50% OWL - Defense Against the Dark Arts (Post 173), June 10; Charms - American Flag Potholder (Post #233, June 27, approved post #356; DADA - Easy Pretty Dishcloth (Post #304, approved post 321; 50% OWL - History of Magic (Post 744), June 30.

JULY: Care of Magical Creatures - Bacon Washcloth and Face Poof (Post 34), approved post 53, July 5; Muggle Studies - S-is-for-Snake Dishcloth (Post 52), approved post 54, July 8; Hallows #1 - Resurrection Stone - American Flag Potholders (Post 4884, July 12 and Hallows #2 - Elder Wand - Various Dishcloths, same post, July 28; History of Magic - Ancient Cursebreaking Cloth (Post #49), approved post 109, July 13; Potions - Incendio Antidote (Post #159), approved post 164, July 14;
Charms - Star Dishcloth (Post #62), approved post 79, July 14.

Didn't finish either OWL this time. Too many Health Icks. Next term, I'm only doing ONE OWL. That's it, just one!!!

Back Soon

Hey, everyone. Been having some Health Issues lately; hope to be back regularly next week. Until then, happy crafting!