Hello fellow claws! Inkslinger1121 bringing you your weekly common room catch-up this week, a little later than usual. Starting on Sunday evening (page 720) several claws wished insanknitty's very muggle husband a happy birthday and one of our NQFYs felicitycot asked for some help with dropped stitches and was able to rescue her project. Many claws discussed the various places they keep cable needles and crochet hooks when not using them, including in your hair and in your bra. We also discussed the various kinds of stitch markers and making your own stitch markers. Greenheron, fricknfrack, insanKnitty, rambunctiousky, ShaanaBanaana, HJake, and MightyGoodYarn were all nominated for prizes over in the prize thread, congrats! Sporadically throughout many pages more people mentioned getting some imps from BPAL. Minsue, xamonster, GG, and others are doing the math and counting down to the completion of their OWLS. The day wrapped up with a discussion of swaps and SadieLou announcing that the wrap up for the previous week was published.
Monday morning saw the usual clink of various morning beverages. Soprano1, HJake, minsue, and GG posted plans and cmelvin posted a rundown of her to-do-list/random thoughts. DevonC finally got her new pattern, Love Socks to magic link and just a few posts after her rundown, we learned that cmelvin received an offer from Newcastle university! XAmonster shared a picture of the Celsus Library at Ephesus, Turkey in post 18178, if you wish to check it out. Mightygoodyarn did a shout-out to all the superstars in Convocation and from Quidditch (see post 18194 for the list). Noneinnyet gave us an update on where she was with her socks; all she has left is the duplicate stitch. Yakira posted something from Larry that can be found at post 18211, which sparked more Shakespeare from various other Claws. LadyDamiens got a major deal when she and her husband picked up a spinning wheel and some other spinning supplies from a Craig's List transaction. Ashleytree lamented on the fact that blunt needles were probably the cause for losing the love on her project. Isis asked if everyone would rather see the new Convocation badge now or later, and the consensus was sooner rather than later. Alethea produced some nice free lace patterns, which rounded out Monday!
RChrispy started Tuesday off with a picture of her husband's cousin's daughter playing on her loom, and then produced some adorable puppy pictures (go to post 18308 to see them. You will be sorry if you don't!) Everyone got their round of clinks in and insanknitty posted a picture of the volcanoes her class was going to erupt later that day. Isis posted the lovely new Convocation badge (post 18328) and BrineyDeep posted a poem from Eve Ensler the post following that. There was a discussion of progress on OWLS and the countdown from GG to keep herself and the rest of us motivated. Greenegirl, a NQFY that's been hanging with us a little while, asked about how far ahead people plan projects, if they do at all, and that started a small discussion (it starts at post 18358 if you're interested). DevonC told us all that she would not be moving back to England and she broke up with her boyfriend, but that she felt it was the right thing to do. Send her a little message and let her know you're thinking of her! This also brought up the scheduling of an impending WEBS trip. Xoxomargot and GG posted their progress on their respective projects and GG posted a renewed plan (and linked DevonC, because who doesn't when they post a plan?) The teachers (and former teachers) of the group discussed good and bad schedules and xamonster started a discussion about grammar (which actually spans most of the rest of the week) after sharing that she explained the interrobang to a coworker. Insanknitty posted a picture of the errupted volcanoes and then a discussion about different grammar guides stemmed from the punctuation discussion (We're Ravenclaws. It was to be expected) and this carried us through Tuesday night.
Wednesday was graced by an appearance from RNsallyanne, who has been very busy in RL but was able to pop in for a bit. There were more row countdowns and the discussion turned to exercise and running 5ks. Theflyinggoat informed us that the goat she had been taking care of looked like she would pull through. More discussion about grammar guides abounded, which was only rivaled by the talk of running and exercise in general. Theflyinggoat taunted us all with a picture of some very Ravenclaw yarn from Shaylamyst and TrigirlJ shared her knowledge and experience of races and running. Mightygoodyarn issued a non-formal challenge of knitting or crocheting an interpretation of one of the grammar guides, which turned into a postponed challenge for the month of April. Poodleparade shared the rules of her condo, which state that you cannot have more than 35lbs worth of dog, and we all shared in the ridiculousness of this. GG shared the pic of her amazing argyle socks which will feature a double knit sole. SFCorgi gave us an update of what she did on her trip to Belize. A discussion about the uses of the semi-colon came about from the ever growing monster-discussion about grammar and Soprano1 shared a story about a friend who was told to break the laws of grammar for consistency. BrineyDeep shared that she rode her bike for the first time this year. Isis handed out three Star of Isis badges to TheQuiltedLion, GreenHeron, and Schmutzerella, which effectively wrapped up the evening. (Just want you all to know, I almost tried to find a different way to say that sentence so I wouldn't have to use "effective" and risk using it incorrectly ;)
Onto Thursday! GazeboGal posted a picture of the House Unity Lapghan and the c25k (couch to 5k) plan was tossed around for discussion. We chatted about the upcoming Square Chaser race and how we wanted to present our squares, and the consensus was to post them as we got them finished to spur one another on. MightyGoodYarn blew us all away with her barefoot running technique, but it actually makes a lot of sense. Go to post 18813 if you want to read up on it yourself. Isis mandated that all the squidlings living in the aquariums needed to be registered, which caused quite the panic in GG and the other 5th years, as all their squids are named William (or Wilhelmina) and they have...erm... multiplied. MightyGoodYarn also protested, saying that the second year squidlings didn't want to be registered. TheFlyingGoat and HJake introduced many of us to the Vibram Five Finger running shoes (kind of a cross between toe socks and water shoes, sorta. See post 18831 for the pic). Greenegirl revived the grammar discussion by asking a specific question about an article she was editing. Cmelvin was looking for a musically minded claw for the Sock Song, and SFcorgi volunteered. There was a bit of a panic as the third years collected their aquarium and squidlings, which apparently were misplaced by the last tower lab incident. WildLilly gave us an update on her fast and GG posted a picture of her lit candle. Insanknitty shared about an incident at school with a student and BrineyDeep shared a picture of name tags for a shower she is helping put on. MightyGoodYarn shared some good info on breathing while running in post 18975, and that rolled into...
Friday! Coleva popped in and asked about the c25k program we'd been talking about, and the discussion about running continued. TrigirlJ made a good point about running shoe size compared to regular shoe size. GazeboGal was walking around with the squidlings in her hair and on her shoulders, until BrineyDeep pointed out that she reminded her of someone else, and wouldn't be looking her in the eyes anytime soon, and GG quickly sent the squidlings on their way. Cmelvin posted the Marching Song for the squidlets, and suggested we all make them socks so they wont get cold. DevonC, MightyGoodYarn, and Pertela revisited their plans for the month, and there was a discussion about what you think of when running (for most it was math. Go figure). Some of the Ravenclaws have lost the love for their OWLS but BrineyDeep was excited that she got her tax return and she plans to buy a new bike! NoNeinNyet has lost the love for the duplicate stitch on her socks, but has already planned her OWL for next term. Pertela was having issues with the pattern on the leg of her socks and MariainCT is geared up for the square challenge. Minsue shared a picture of the stitch markers she received from Carrie-daway from the crochet sock challenge. They were on her OWL, which is looking quite lovely.
Saturday started the square challenge and Silverwing26 lamented about not being able to find a song she heard in a documentary. GG put a cap on the number of squares that could be turned in for the challenge (7) so as not to push the new knitters too far. BoppingBeth shared what a frustrating week she had at school and lots of us posted plans or progress for our projects (or other things like chores). QallieQ posted an adorable picture of her son (post 19209. You know you wanna go see) GG had her town meeting and it went well. HJake finished her OWL and was able to wear it to her birthday dinner. GG reminded us all about daylight savings and TrigirlJ and MightyGoodYarn plan to buy the vibrams shoes we discussed for a few days. BrineyDeep posted a pic of the cupcakes she decorated for the baby shower and Silverwing26 shared a cute story that happened at the gym. DevonC put out an open invite to shower her with ideas for shows and movies she could download via Netflix or Hulu. TriGirlJ shared the standard tri workout for your birthday (post 19305 to figure yours out).
Sunday, after receiving lots of suggestions for shows and movies, DevonC shared the greatness that is phonezoo.com for ringtones and the like. More discussion of favorite shows and movies continued. GG shared her potions project and Soprano1's basement has water in it :/ QallieQ hopes to join our house next term, and wondered if she would be considered a 1st year or 3rd year (she gets to keep her status). Insanknitty came to the horrible realization that she will run out of yarn for her OWL, but TriGirlJ finished her OWL. Isis handed out more of her lovely Star of Isis badges to Nelago and Joeykittenface. BrineyDeep got her new bike and posted a picture of it (post 19463). DixieHellCat also finished her OWL. Yakira popped her head in to say we were all crazy for talking so much when we should be knitting and posted a lovely picture of what she had been up to. We also discussed future OWLs and how we pick them, and that wrapped up the week on page 781.
There is your wrap up for this week! Again, sorry it's a little late. Hope you enjoy it and keep knitting!
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