Week #1: New to Camp!

Part 1: "What's in your trunk?"

Astrid is bringing...
apples
art supplies
ant spray
atomic fire balls
aspirin
antibiotic ointment
Alice in Wonderland (the book)
animal crackers
alpaca yarn
apple jacks cereal


Part 2: WINGO! Wizard Bingo
I am an overachiever and went for a full black-out.. or at least I'm trying to do so. Some of these are hard to find!

W1 Cassandra Crimsonchin (over 100, but closest at about 260miles)
W2 Bevin Rae Mooney
W3 Thistle Lovegood (lion)
W4 Pren Wilcox
W5 Ophelia Ballycastle

I1 Felly Pinkstone
I2 Ferula Vector (2 sibs)
I3 Antonio de la Weasley (Casa Lomo)
I4 Rowan Dragonsinger
I5 Cassandra Grubbly-Plank

N1 Madame Ferula McGonogall (Starbucks!)
N2 Helga Ze Horrid
N3 Piper Poplartree
N4 Gryphon the Great (Trumpet)
N5 Emma Wigworthy (Edinburgh)

G1 Clara Clovenhoof
G2 Olive Bumblebirch (favorites: 425/ I have 331)
G3 Fleur Sweeting
G4 Intarsia Bindoff (Dragon)
G5 Wisteria Lovegood (Arabic)

O1 Lizzie Wychwood (England)
O2 Cassie Grubbly-Plank
O3 Winnie Wartbobble (stitch markers)
O4 Emma Scamander
O5 Bevin Rae Mooney


Part 3: Get to know your Spoiler & Spoilee
My spoiler is Felly Pinkstone (dreamwalker on Ravelry). She's got some cool stuff in her queue/ favorites. I really dig these socks, the Mirabella Socks, and even added them to my favorites!

Perhaps one day I will finish a pair of socks completely. I ususally finish one, cast on for the other, then start on a new project.


My spoilee is Winnie Wartbobble (MissWartbobble on Ravelry) and there are quite a few projects in her queue/ favorites that I have in mine. My favorite non-duplicated project is the Doctor Who scarf. My fiance has been asking for one for ages! I don't have the patience to knit knit knit knit.. and knit some more for it.. plus, he doesn't wear scarves! I am thinking that he's getting a Dalek instead..

Quiz #1 - HLBOE Swap

Here we go for our first quiz of the swap. it's also posted on my Ravelry

Cheers everyone!!
Astrid, Hufflepuff 1st year

HSKS6 Gryffindor Homework

Homework time! Looks like this week we've got an essay to complete. Well here goes...

1. Name your favorite magical creature, and describe why it is your favorite.
House elves.. well, more specifically Dobby. I adore how loyal and wonderful he is to Harry even though he belonged to the icky Malfoy family. He knew that Harry was good and the Malfoy's were bad from the beginning and kept trying to save Harry's life... even if he did get him into loads of trouble at home and school!

2. Tell us your favorite charm, spell or curse, and explain why you like it.
Lumos, because I just don't like walking around in the dark! I like to keep my wand around all the time and be able to turn a light on in an instant.

And of course, Muffiato, since I am a bit of a gossip (a yenta) and this way no one will overhear my friends and I.

3. Describe your favorite holiday family tradition - which holiday and what makes it special.
For Halloween, I always carve 2 or 3 pumpkins and then roast the seeds. This year I made a "standard" pumpkin face and a Jack pumpkin face (from The Nightmare Before Christmas). Jack was a huge hit with all my neighbors.

For Christmas, since I am Jewish, I have been celebrating it with my best friend and her family since 1993. I stay with them for about a week and on Christmas Eve, she and I wrap all the gifts and assemble whatever needs assembling for her little boys. And then we have gift opening around 7am at her house with breakfast and a second round at about 3pm at her parents house with an early dinner.

4. Name your favorite fiber-based (knitted, crocheted, or spun) finished object.
I call it my Flower Power hat in Ravelry, but it never received its' flower. I would wear this baby everywhere if I could. It's fairly open weave and made of yummy Malabrigo and for real, THE softest item I own. Plus it's a really simple and fast pattern.

HSKS6 Gryffindor Homework!

Homework time again! This time we had to decode a cipher. I admit that I needed a slight push in the right direction to solve this one, but got it shortly after. We were watching a crazy muggle movie, The Forbidden Kingdom, while I typed out the answer. The good thing is that I could predict some of the words after getting just a few letters.


The clue: "OFXMWPOZCP DLJD APZAWP QTYO TE QLC PLDTPC EZ QZCRTGP ZESPCD QZC MPTYR HCZYR ESL MPTYR CTRSE."

SPCXTZYP RCLYRPC

And my answer: “Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong tha[n] being right”

Hermione Granger

Bonus 1: Who became scarred and developed a taste for raw meat in Chapter 29 of HBP?
Bill Weasley began craving raw meat after Fenrir Greyback bit him. The bastard werewolf! At least now he can eat prime rib the way it should be cooked.. nice and rare.

Bonus 2: Who developed an antidote for a birthday present in Chapter 18 of HBP?
Technically it wasn't a birthday present. Ron was opening his birthday gifts in the dorm room when the Christmas gift Romilda Vane gave Harry fell into the pile. Ron thought they were his and ate a few not realizing they were spiked with love potion! Professor Slughorn gives Ron the antidote, then poisons him with the mead meant for Dumbledore! Luckily, Harry remembered the trick about the bezoar being a magical cure-all.