Weekly Showcase Wednesday: More Amazing Projects for January Classes!

It's hard to believe we're already almost to the end of January, but Ravenclaws have been working hard and turning in lots of stunning projects!  I expect there will be a huge rush of projects in the next few days, but here is a sampling of the awesome ones I've seen in the past two weeks!

First, we have this week's winners of the Golden Pickle Award, given to those projects that caught my eye as I was going through all the class threads!


akasha111182 learned brioche this month and turned in a beautiful cabled brioche hat for Ancient Runes:

SFcorgi learned a new type of braided cast-on and added a few Latvian braids to her incredible colorwork hat for Ancient Runes:

kvaustin knit a gorgeous lace shawl for Architecture (720 yards in just 5 days! yes, she almost earned the Pickle of Sanity badge again for this one!):

balletisthebest crocheted an awesome sweater for Architecture:

TwistedSticherFGE dyed some fiber in the lovely shades of Hogwarts castle stone for Architecture:

winemakerssister spun a fantastic skein of stone grey yarn for Architecture:

electronjam knit a hilariously cute walrus stuffie for Architecture:

Mauri knit a magnificent scarlet shawl for Arithmancy:

Sonnenblumenimp knit a pair of cool striped socks for Astronomy:

Hreow knit a spectacular pair of lacy socks for Astronomy:

AnnieCC knit an adorable pair of foxy mitts for Astronomy:

matematichica turned in a Dobby pair of mittens for Astronomy, which included this fabulous colorwork mitten:

SaskiaBr made a beautiful beaded bracelet for Charms:

TiggerishJen built an amazing (and tiny!) model of a ship for Charms:

irreverentyarns worked through her concussion and knit a marvelous lacy baby blanket for Charms:

maggievanderstok knit a wonderful pair of colorwork gloves for Charms:

allysonpickles made a delightful fox tea cosy for Divination:

caranam made a pretty beaded necklace for Muggle Studies:

thtr4me is charming me with BB-8, this time around making an adorable crocheted stuffie for Muggle Studies:

wendebular knit a very cute pair of Lego person mitts for Muggle Studies:

bigsnakes knit a stunning cabled hat for Transfiguration:

There were two 'Claws who did some clever experimentation to earn the Electric Pickle Badge!


cyprienne actually "spun" yarn out of aluminum foil and then crocheted two bracelets from her new yarn for Ancient Runes:

TwistedSticherFGE was determined to make self-striping yarn and found a unique way to skein her yarn to achieve perfect stripes for Muggle Studies:

And of course, there are always 'Claws trying to outrun the Mallet of Sanity--this week we had three who succeeded and earned the Pickle of Sanity Badge!


LeahandtheDragon spun an amazing 2103 yards of singles, and then chain-plied them, for Architecture:

morningwynd spun an incredible 2502 yards of singles and plied them to get three skeins of yarn, turned in to Architecture, Charms, and Divination:

TwistedSticherFGE spun an unbelievable 2607 yards of singles and then plied them for Charms:

Congratulations yet again to all the badge winners!

Keep those projects coming!  There are just a few days before the end of January so get those classes turned in!  I can't wait to see what other incredible things come out of the Tower!!