I hope you all had a lovely week Claws! Here's the chat cut down to manageable bitesized chunks, just in case you missed out coz you were working super hard on finishing up projects for class, Ravelympics or even that pesky RL that keeps getting in the way of the crafting time...
I'm picking up where I left off on Sunday: Page 590 if you're interested! Boppingbeth posted an excellent update pic of her Olympic sweater (post 14752) and xoxoMargot told us how great her mum had been to her lately. Jayanell won a prize from Hilltopkatie, Yakira announced that she and Larry were well on the road to recovery and eightlegeddj wondered about an Elvis (the cat) related-issue which had us all in problem-solving mode trying to figure out contraptions to stop water slopping all over her kitchen floor. This led to discussions on other mental cats. RChrispy announced that she's unexpectedly pregnant, and everyone offered nice, positive congratulations. Wingedorange told us that she's awaiting news of acceptance from grad schools so we're keeping our fingers crossed for her until she hears back. Wildlilly offered a cat with jazz hands to keep her spirits up in post 14858 and MightyGoodYarn posted her incredible OWL progress in post 14874. Gazebogal clarified the job of the Sock Chaser for those that were confused (post 14879). Jayannell mentioned that she found MGY's article in Pieceworks magazine! Tangledskein linked us to more information on the cool Robot building competition her family's involved with (post 14911). Babies and kitties and publishing your designs in knitting magazines were discussed over the next few pages (598-9) and lots of weekly update plans were updated and planned.
On Monday, QallieQ said that she'd signed up for ice skating lessons. AND... It was insanKnitty's first day at her new job! She wore one of DevonC's prize necklaces and everyone wished her luck (post 14969). Some of the Towermates swapped stories about productions of the Wizard of Oz and Wiz and other such musical things (page 600). Greenegirl told us about a supercool blog she found that was pretty topical with our whole blowing up the tower thing (post 15008). SFCorgi appealed for some ideas of crafty things to do with the kids she'll visit on her trip to Belize (post 15039) and I'm sure she'd still appreciate any suggestions folks have. Wildlilly had recommended sweet almond milk to inkslinger1121 and she gave it her seal of approval. abetterjulie asked whether it might be acceptable to turn in one knee-high sock for a class, and got some helpful responses (post 15060) and isisonearth confused everyone (especially the Ysolda fans) with her not-Ripley hat, which turned out to be 'Felicity'(post 15072). Sock knitting Claws of the Tower helped DevonC reword a tricky bit of her pattern so it read more clearly. -Knit-Chick- posted some funky cake pics for NoNeinNyet's birthday (post 15093). When she got home from work insanKnitty updated us on her day, see post 15117 for details.
Tuesday was busy busy busy in the tower. It brought discussions on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and of course Sense and Sensbility and Sea Monsters too (page 606). Poor Mommy2Benny showed us she was going to have to frog and restart her OWL sweater again, and she's having work troubles, AND someone broke her favourite wine glass! And then... can you believe it... the majesty that is the Ravenclaw Book List was born, thanks to WildLilly's suggestion and Soprano1's hard work! Some wine chat was chatted (page 606 onwards) by the self-confessed wine snobs of which SFCorgi is the queen, having a career in the biz. See post 15183 for evidence. Boppingbeth's daughter got accepted to university and MGY found a curling league in her town. Mommy2Benny had me in fits of laughter all day, but especially for post 15192, and then told us more about her lovely cats over the next few pages. Meanwhile, insanKnitty has made actual real Potter's Puppet Pals (post 15197)! RNsallyanne told us a little about how hard she's finding it as a mum going back to school in post 15208. DevonC posted her sock pattern for 'Love Socks' so go have a look. Eightlegeddj had a curiously swollen jaw on Tuesday and got us all worried... she thinks it might be a food allergy, which could be a problem as she attends culinary school! Isisonearth conducted some experiments in the lab today (post 15284). Crankyangel told us about her cousin's child who was having scary brain surgery so we added wee Sammantha to the candle lighting list, and isisonearth told us the awfully sad story of one of the kids at her son's school who died unexpectedly. Brineydeep came in and brightened all our days with her picture of the Periodic Table in Cupcakes (post 15332 and also below here on the blog!) which she quite rightly won a prize for.
On Wednesday People advised what made good material for soft soft soft hats for chemo patients on page 616, and then between eightlegeddj, inkslinger1121 and Brineydeep the idea for the Great Ravenclaw Cookie Swap was born! Gusgus told us that she'd be home alone for a while this weekend and we all rallied round suggesting things to keep her busy. More plans were announced and updated, and then Beyby told us all about her chocolate high as a result of her boss bringing sweets into work. Then we moved on to talk more about allergies. Ashleytree announced her plans to go to Stitches West this year and then started another thread about it so witches from all houses can discuss it (post 15499). Inkslinger1121 and Sadielou were nominated as Cookie Swap Goddesses by Gazebogal (post 15517) and plans between us ensued. Ashleytree and SFCorgi decided they were long-lost sisters in post 15531. MariainCT freaked us all out a little when explained how the doctors test for allergies (post15571) in the ongoing food discussion.
Gazebogal announced that she'd finished her Thaumaturgy independent study on Thursday! (post 15585) FINISHED IT! Woop! Lots of dancing and celebration suggestions ensued. Isisonearth awarded xscars a Star of Isis for her Gillyweed experiment (post 15608). Beyby had an upside-down morning in a dentist's chair so didn't get to do her normal coffee or tea cup -clink- with her Ravenclaw sisters. Minsue posted some incredible OWL progress in post 15674, and CMelvin asked for proofreaders for her essay for the weekend. Eightlegeddj dyed her hands blue - smurf blue though, coz she's old skool. Pics of her dying escapade are in post 15698. Plans were made with Ravenclaws for Stitches East (starting on post 15633). Eightlegeddj had some horrible personal news this week which she shared in her post 15730. Owenj had a few sweater queries which kept us confused and busy for a while. QallieQ survived her iceskating lesson with much tiredness but managed not to fall over!
Danemum checked in on Friday, she managed to hand in a project despite all her injuries and is beginning to feel a little better. Isisonearth awarded her a Star, and then Sadielou one for her Astronomy assignment too. Then, suddenly... CRAAAACK! Friday morning brought calamity to the Tower! The tale begins in MightyGoodYarn's post 15782, where a huge noise can be heard. She traces it to the lab and finds bedlam amongst the wreckage of several experiments and projects, before retreating to the safety of her bed! The walls began to crumble and then our esteemed HOH took charge, sending students scurrying to salvage all that they could. Big Eagles shouted left and right for their Little Eagles, while -Knit-Chick- grabbed Yakira's George gillyweed (post 15803). MGY gets knocked out by an erratic flying project in 15816. Tangledskein worried about the safety of her fellow students and conjured hardhats in post 15842. In the mean time Jayannell commended BrineyDeep on her detailed notes for one of her projects, and MissPinky told us that you can make healthy brownies using black beans (post 15862) though she later admits they're not a great substitute for the real thing. Xamonster stabbed herself in the finger with an icicle. Back in the Tower things precautionary measures were still being taken as isisonearth requested books be moved to the shelves lining the interior walls so they didn't fall through the gaping hole (post 15876). A single-cell organism swap was suggested in post 15897, though it will probably be separate from the cookie swap. Foxy flew around and rescued all the Merry beasts but then Gazebogal explains that she has no electricity a bit later due to storm weather! (post 15928) TrigirlJ told us about the Dipped Infinity Scarf Kit she got from Sunshine Yarns in post 15950. Seakame and Beyby test their friendship in page 639.
On Saturday Mommy2Benny and inkslinger1121 swapped stories of their military men, then Mommy2Benny introduced the topic of baby names. Loads of claws contributed their favourites from page 640 onwards. Bandbabe told us about her kitty misbehaving and unravelling her OWL (post 16013)! InsanKnitty's Ron puppet had an adventure with a Sea Lettuce in her herbology project (16022). There was some olympics chat on page 642, and then isisonearth got stern in post 16048, calling for Claws to clean up the tower mess! Wildlilly was MIA for a while but reappeared refreshed after a night in with some girlfriends. InsanKnitty showed off her son's wooden derby car in post 16067. Sadielou clarified the March of Socks event we're having next month and a few Claws mentioned that they were getting some time to themselves over the weekend for guilt-free knitting. Just as well, as the end-of-month madness started with everyone panicking about how much they still had to do and projects were being turned in left, right and centre! Theflyinggoat has the worst trouble as she's without power and doesn't know if she'll get things handed in on time! RNcrowthers has been working hard trying to get things sorted for her mum in a new place and to make sure her dog gets to stay with her. She got some really brilliant news on Saturday, she told us she's got a job! And one close to home too! See post 16155 for details. Sadly GusGus didn't get the job she interviewed for but her Claw sisters gave her some sound advice on the polite way to deal with the situation. Dixiehellcat posted her first ever lace for Quidditch (post 16213). Xamonster asked for some candle-lighting for her grandpa who's unwell. Eightlegeddj posted a beautiful scarf for transfig in post 16231 and Gazebogal announced that she's got power back and managed to turn in all six classes just in time!
That's us upto page 650 mydears, the rest can wait till next week. Take care! xx Sadielou
I'm picking up where I left off on Sunday: Page 590 if you're interested! Boppingbeth posted an excellent update pic of her Olympic sweater (post 14752) and xoxoMargot told us how great her mum had been to her lately. Jayanell won a prize from Hilltopkatie, Yakira announced that she and Larry were well on the road to recovery and eightlegeddj wondered about an Elvis (the cat) related-issue which had us all in problem-solving mode trying to figure out contraptions to stop water slopping all over her kitchen floor. This led to discussions on other mental cats. RChrispy announced that she's unexpectedly pregnant, and everyone offered nice, positive congratulations. Wingedorange told us that she's awaiting news of acceptance from grad schools so we're keeping our fingers crossed for her until she hears back. Wildlilly offered a cat with jazz hands to keep her spirits up in post 14858 and MightyGoodYarn posted her incredible OWL progress in post 14874. Gazebogal clarified the job of the Sock Chaser for those that were confused (post 14879). Jayannell mentioned that she found MGY's article in Pieceworks magazine! Tangledskein linked us to more information on the cool Robot building competition her family's involved with (post 14911). Babies and kitties and publishing your designs in knitting magazines were discussed over the next few pages (598-9) and lots of weekly update plans were updated and planned.
On Monday, QallieQ said that she'd signed up for ice skating lessons. AND... It was insanKnitty's first day at her new job! She wore one of DevonC's prize necklaces and everyone wished her luck (post 14969). Some of the Towermates swapped stories about productions of the Wizard of Oz and Wiz and other such musical things (page 600). Greenegirl told us about a supercool blog she found that was pretty topical with our whole blowing up the tower thing (post 15008). SFCorgi appealed for some ideas of crafty things to do with the kids she'll visit on her trip to Belize (post 15039) and I'm sure she'd still appreciate any suggestions folks have. Wildlilly had recommended sweet almond milk to inkslinger1121 and she gave it her seal of approval. abetterjulie asked whether it might be acceptable to turn in one knee-high sock for a class, and got some helpful responses (post 15060) and isisonearth confused everyone (especially the Ysolda fans) with her not-Ripley hat, which turned out to be 'Felicity'(post 15072). Sock knitting Claws of the Tower helped DevonC reword a tricky bit of her pattern so it read more clearly. -Knit-Chick- posted some funky cake pics for NoNeinNyet's birthday (post 15093). When she got home from work insanKnitty updated us on her day, see post 15117 for details.
Tuesday was busy busy busy in the tower. It brought discussions on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and of course Sense and Sensbility and Sea Monsters too (page 606). Poor Mommy2Benny showed us she was going to have to frog and restart her OWL sweater again, and she's having work troubles, AND someone broke her favourite wine glass! And then... can you believe it... the majesty that is the Ravenclaw Book List was born, thanks to WildLilly's suggestion and Soprano1's hard work! Some wine chat was chatted (page 606 onwards) by the self-confessed wine snobs of which SFCorgi is the queen, having a career in the biz. See post 15183 for evidence. Boppingbeth's daughter got accepted to university and MGY found a curling league in her town. Mommy2Benny had me in fits of laughter all day, but especially for post 15192, and then told us more about her lovely cats over the next few pages. Meanwhile, insanKnitty has made actual real Potter's Puppet Pals (post 15197)! RNsallyanne told us a little about how hard she's finding it as a mum going back to school in post 15208. DevonC posted her sock pattern for 'Love Socks' so go have a look. Eightlegeddj had a curiously swollen jaw on Tuesday and got us all worried... she thinks it might be a food allergy, which could be a problem as she attends culinary school! Isisonearth conducted some experiments in the lab today (post 15284). Crankyangel told us about her cousin's child who was having scary brain surgery so we added wee Sammantha to the candle lighting list, and isisonearth told us the awfully sad story of one of the kids at her son's school who died unexpectedly. Brineydeep came in and brightened all our days with her picture of the Periodic Table in Cupcakes (post 15332 and also below here on the blog!) which she quite rightly won a prize for.
On Wednesday People advised what made good material for soft soft soft hats for chemo patients on page 616, and then between eightlegeddj, inkslinger1121 and Brineydeep the idea for the Great Ravenclaw Cookie Swap was born! Gusgus told us that she'd be home alone for a while this weekend and we all rallied round suggesting things to keep her busy. More plans were announced and updated, and then Beyby told us all about her chocolate high as a result of her boss bringing sweets into work. Then we moved on to talk more about allergies. Ashleytree announced her plans to go to Stitches West this year and then started another thread about it so witches from all houses can discuss it (post 15499). Inkslinger1121 and Sadielou were nominated as Cookie Swap Goddesses by Gazebogal (post 15517) and plans between us ensued. Ashleytree and SFCorgi decided they were long-lost sisters in post 15531. MariainCT freaked us all out a little when explained how the doctors test for allergies (post15571) in the ongoing food discussion.
Gazebogal announced that she'd finished her Thaumaturgy independent study on Thursday! (post 15585) FINISHED IT! Woop! Lots of dancing and celebration suggestions ensued. Isisonearth awarded xscars a Star of Isis for her Gillyweed experiment (post 15608). Beyby had an upside-down morning in a dentist's chair so didn't get to do her normal coffee or tea cup -clink- with her Ravenclaw sisters. Minsue posted some incredible OWL progress in post 15674, and CMelvin asked for proofreaders for her essay for the weekend. Eightlegeddj dyed her hands blue - smurf blue though, coz she's old skool. Pics of her dying escapade are in post 15698. Plans were made with Ravenclaws for Stitches East (starting on post 15633). Eightlegeddj had some horrible personal news this week which she shared in her post 15730. Owenj had a few sweater queries which kept us confused and busy for a while. QallieQ survived her iceskating lesson with much tiredness but managed not to fall over!
Danemum checked in on Friday, she managed to hand in a project despite all her injuries and is beginning to feel a little better. Isisonearth awarded her a Star, and then Sadielou one for her Astronomy assignment too. Then, suddenly... CRAAAACK! Friday morning brought calamity to the Tower! The tale begins in MightyGoodYarn's post 15782, where a huge noise can be heard. She traces it to the lab and finds bedlam amongst the wreckage of several experiments and projects, before retreating to the safety of her bed! The walls began to crumble and then our esteemed HOH took charge, sending students scurrying to salvage all that they could. Big Eagles shouted left and right for their Little Eagles, while -Knit-Chick- grabbed Yakira's George gillyweed (post 15803). MGY gets knocked out by an erratic flying project in 15816. Tangledskein worried about the safety of her fellow students and conjured hardhats in post 15842. In the mean time Jayannell commended BrineyDeep on her detailed notes for one of her projects, and MissPinky told us that you can make healthy brownies using black beans (post 15862) though she later admits they're not a great substitute for the real thing. Xamonster stabbed herself in the finger with an icicle. Back in the Tower things precautionary measures were still being taken as isisonearth requested books be moved to the shelves lining the interior walls so they didn't fall through the gaping hole (post 15876). A single-cell organism swap was suggested in post 15897, though it will probably be separate from the cookie swap. Foxy flew around and rescued all the Merry beasts but then Gazebogal explains that she has no electricity a bit later due to storm weather! (post 15928) TrigirlJ told us about the Dipped Infinity Scarf Kit she got from Sunshine Yarns in post 15950. Seakame and Beyby test their friendship in page 639.
On Saturday Mommy2Benny and inkslinger1121 swapped stories of their military men, then Mommy2Benny introduced the topic of baby names. Loads of claws contributed their favourites from page 640 onwards. Bandbabe told us about her kitty misbehaving and unravelling her OWL (post 16013)! InsanKnitty's Ron puppet had an adventure with a Sea Lettuce in her herbology project (16022). There was some olympics chat on page 642, and then isisonearth got stern in post 16048, calling for Claws to clean up the tower mess! Wildlilly was MIA for a while but reappeared refreshed after a night in with some girlfriends. InsanKnitty showed off her son's wooden derby car in post 16067. Sadielou clarified the March of Socks event we're having next month and a few Claws mentioned that they were getting some time to themselves over the weekend for guilt-free knitting. Just as well, as the end-of-month madness started with everyone panicking about how much they still had to do and projects were being turned in left, right and centre! Theflyinggoat has the worst trouble as she's without power and doesn't know if she'll get things handed in on time! RNcrowthers has been working hard trying to get things sorted for her mum in a new place and to make sure her dog gets to stay with her. She got some really brilliant news on Saturday, she told us she's got a job! And one close to home too! See post 16155 for details. Sadly GusGus didn't get the job she interviewed for but her Claw sisters gave her some sound advice on the polite way to deal with the situation. Dixiehellcat posted her first ever lace for Quidditch (post 16213). Xamonster asked for some candle-lighting for her grandpa who's unwell. Eightlegeddj posted a beautiful scarf for transfig in post 16231 and Gazebogal announced that she's got power back and managed to turn in all six classes just in time!
That's us upto page 650 mydears, the rest can wait till next week. Take care! xx Sadielou
From someone who missed about a week due to the timewarp and feeling under the weather... THANK YOU!
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