Seva is Soaring...

I borrowed my cousin Minee's owl, Seva, this afternoon and sent my package off to my partner. I hope she will love it as much as I loved putting it together, and of course, knitting her socks! :) Seva doesn't have very far to travel, so hopefully she will reach her destination by Saturday!!

Nemesis takes flight

Nemesis took flight this morning with a package. It shouldn't take her long to get to her destination. The last I saw, she was heading south. When she arrives at her destination, she will need owl treats and some water before returning home.

Owl Heading East!

My Owl is heading East! I hope he gets there soon...I know there is a bunch of tax mail out there to work his way through! Thanks for the fun swap guys!

Prize yarn...

I just wanted to post quickly to show off the lovely sock yarn that I had won in one of the contests. For the life of me, I can't remember when it had arrived. But I absolutely love it. Thank you Cassandra!!! I also love the stitch markers. Sorry for the wait in my posting the thanks. And since I totally forgot that today is Tax Day here in the US, I will be waiting until tomorrow to mail out the package to my dear spoilee pal. At least the owl does not have far to travel. Just one state below me.

3 more days

I just wanted to check in and see how things are going. There are 3 days left in this round to get your packages out, and the next one will start in June. I would really like some opinions on what you think the 4th year students should get in there swap. Also if you have not received a package, and have not heard from your pal let me know I do have some angels waiting in the wings. I hope that you all had a great time with this swap! I am already sorting out the details for the next one so make sure that you keep this page bookmarked because I will be opening to returning students first.

Owl arrived!

I have a wonderful pair of Slytherin socks and all sorts of other great goodies... details are posted on my blog.

Thank you, Ana/Lavender Kedavra!

Package arrived....

and the timing could not have been better. See the details on my blog. Here is a sneak peek...





My outgoing package is not quite ready but I have contacted my pal about it already.
Selina S

Hoot

I have contacted my Pal...I am waiting on a intem and will send the box as soon as it arrives....I am happy to read there will be a round 4 of this swap....LOL.....Monkey Socks and HSS...how can you ever say no?

Owl Arrival!

Hi all! I just wanted to drop a note to let the professors know that my pal's owl arrived late last week with my package!! It was fabulous - a perfectly fitting pair of Gryffindor socks, stitch markers, new dpns, and so much more! She's awesome! I haven't had time to get pics or even post anything about it on my own blog yet, but I wanted to drop a public thank you to her!!

(My pal - your package might be a little late, I'm just finishing the heel on the second sock now. Gremlins attacked it, for some reason! =( )

An Owl

There was an owl waiting for me yesterday after classes. It had a package from quite far away. My partner (who assures me that there's more to come) sent me a wonderful knitting pattern from Yarnissima called la Digitessa. Love it! It's a beautiful pattern.
Thank you! Thank you!

A Slytherin Package Received

An owl dropped off my package from Patonga Pinkstone earlier this week, but I haven't had a moment to stop by here and publicly thank her. Thank you so much!

I almost never knit lace socks for myself, always as gifts, so these were an especially wonderful surprise.

You can read more about my wonderful package here.

Waiting to send my owl

I'm just waiting on an owl to send out these socks with their package Northward.

Winding down

Well the swap is winding down and OWL's are flying all over the place my owl is still setting on my tree waiting ever so patienctly hopefully she will be flying in the next few days! I am glad to see all the packages you guys are great knitters! The socks are amazing!
I am going to be getting things all set up for Round 4 it is going to start in May or June (haven't made up my mind yet) I am going to open it up to returning students first than to ever one else. I would like some input from you all I have a big list of things that I want to change so I need to know what you like and what you didn't like about the swap. Send me a email and let me know.
Have a great weekend and Happy knitting!!

Another owl on its way!

My owl headed north with the package today. I hope it arrives safely and quickly.

Owl arrived!

I got today gorgeous Hufflepuff's Cedric-socks! You can see all things from package from my blog.

Hi Every One

So how's everyone's socks coming along. Seem's we have all gotten very quiet. It is hard now that the weather is getting nice! I am looking forward to seeing everyone's goodies.

Owls Away!

My owl was dispatched last Tuesday, to San Jose, CA.
Unfortunately she had already left before I thought to ask her for Delivery Confirmation. But hopefully I'll soon hear of her safe arrival :)

Auntie Enid Finnegan

Packages

I see that a few packages have been recived so far just wanted to check in and see how many have been sent so far.

Hope that you all are having fun! Happy knitting!

I am thrilled

A brown owl landed on my table today with a white bag.  Inside was my swap from Cassandra in Finland.  WOW!  I am so thrilled.  The socks are absolutely wonderful and the colors are just right too for me.  Bright and cheery, knit from Lorna's Laces Bittersweet.  I immediately took off the ones I was wearing and substituted the new ones.  They fit perfectly and are very comfortable too.  I'd like to have the pattern for these too.

Cassandra also sent me a letter, some stitch markers, an invisibility scarf pattern translated into English, some Finnish candy, a set of typical Finnish dpns and some Fabelgarn.  THANK YOU from a very happy Gryffindor.

 I have completed one sock and am about a fourth done with the second.  However, I do have everything that is going into the package.  A large owl has been reserved.

giggles,

Lavender

The Owl Is Off!

I'm on my way to the Owlery right now to send my partners package to her. It will take a bit for the owl to fly over the ocean. I hope she likes everything!

house points?

hey, prefects, i'm just curious... where are our point totals at so far?

i'm working furiously on my buddy's socks... oh boy. someone needs to give me a charm so the needles can keep going while i'm at work, otherwise this is never gonna happen in time!

Let's Play a Game!

Since I've been a horrible slacker about posting trivia, I've devised this little challenge for you all. Here we go:

1) Choose two actors from the Harry Potter movies for Muggles

2) Connect the two actors from the HP movies using 5 other films

This is much like the popular muggle dinner game, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. There are a couple of guidelines:

A) You may use up to 5 films not including the HP movies. 

B) Television shows do not count

C) Please post your connections like this: 

Actor: Movie (Character)/(Character) Movie New Actor (New Actor's Character)/etc. For Example: 

Alan Rickman: Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (Snape)/(Jack) Jane's Night Out Jane Janeson (Jane)/(Janice) etc. 

I know it looks a little complicated, but it would be read in a sentence as follows: Alan Rickman was in Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone as Snape, and played Jack in Jane's Night Out with Jane Janeson, who played Jane. She played Janice in...   And so on. 

D) You can repeat films from the people above you, but please do not repeat specific connections.

Points will be awarded for interesting combinations and unique connections, and arbitrarily for making me laugh. The definition of "actor" is "having appeared on screen and been credited in the film." Please note: actors do not need to be human! You may use imDb, but at least try to do it alone at first! Remember - it's supposed to be fun. :D

Good luck! 

***

The inspiration for this is a story my muggle friend Mac told me last week. He lives in Hollywood and worked for a large film company for several years, and so got to know many popular muggle stars. Mac and his wife were at dinner a few weeks ago and noticed Kevin Bacon in a group of people eating at the same restaurant. Mac and Dinah were highly amused when they overheard Mr. Bacon and everyone else at the table spend most of their conversations saying things like "oh, yeah, him! He was in that movie with.. who's that girl? She was in... oh man..." thus proving that even Kevin Bacon isn't always good at 6 Degrees of.. Himself.

ALmost DOne

I am working diligently on my socks and hope my Pal will like them. There are some beautiful socks flying around the skies. Nice job everyone

Perenelle You Are the Best!!!

I just have to tell you all how absolutely WONDERFUL Perenelle Auckerley is!! Last night I came home from a very long day, and found that her owl had delivered a very special package! I've posted pictures on my blog so you all can see.

Thank you SO much Perenelle! You are just the sweetest, and you really did spoil me rotten! ;-)

Congratulations!!

To Miss Avada Finch-Fletchley, she was the first to email me with the correct answer! Contact me and let me know what you would like your yarn to look like.

Socks check!

I'm so happy I finished my pal's socks with loads of time left to put the finishing touches on the goodies. I made the pattern up as I went and had lots of fun with knitting these. See my blog for details and pictures.

Cheers,
Megaera Black, 2nd yr. Slytherin

Trivia Time

Ok email with the correct answer to the 2 quotes below and you win. The first person with the correct answers will win and what do you win you might be asking you will win a skien of sock yarn dyed in the colors you want and a set of beautiful stitch markers.

The first quote is:

"This is how it is - this is why you're not in the Order - you don't understand - there are things worth dying for!"



"That Harry Potter’s got more backbone than the whole Ministry of Magic put together!"

Good luck to all of you!

I Need A Time-Turner

My socks are done, treats are gathered, and everything is all packed up. Then, I noticed a package was lingering. I opened it up and found the things I need for another project I had planned for my partner. Oops! Better get that done before I send everything off. I'll have to keep that owl waiting.

WOW!

You all are doing Great!!!!

one down, one to go

One sock is done and the other is in progress. The second one usually goes faster, at least for me. With spring break coming up soon, it shouldn't be too long before the package is ready to send.