Last Week in the Common Room: Spring Term is Coming!

Candy stores within reach of 'Claws were shared ... And many visits considered. 

Applications were offered and accepted to pet lambs. 

Another Tower resident considered heading to HamilTown, which developed into a discussion of which King George was mad and how to remember Henry VIII's wives. 

Foxy encouraged Advanced Studies planning. Swatch for those OWLs and Missions!  Keep on, NEWT students!

Prince was mourned. 

Proposed changes to US currency were discussed. 

Happy things and snacks were shared. 

Last Week in the Common Room: Sorting! Sorting!

Sorting opened to much hullabaloo and excitement!  Prospective 'Claws have been dropping by to say hi.  All 'Claws considering going SOS have been reminded their skychair will still be here for them, whether they Sort or not.

The Fresh Pot of Coffee featured 2 excellent examples of Gene Kelly's talent, and this week's magical horoscopes seemed particularly prescient to several 'Claws.

2 new cases of Hamilton fever were reported.

Several new members were inducted into the Hogwarts Poet Society after sharing their sorting poems. 

Foxy encouraged us all to organize our stash--in Ravelry and at home--to prepare for the new term.

Favorite podcasts were shared and pen ink colors debated.

The Final Showcase of Winter Term!

We've had an amazing term, and now it's time for the last showcase of awesome Ravenclaw projects!  Here are all the projects I loved from March classes and Quidditch!

First off, the winners of the Golden Pickle Award!



KnitWit685 knit two cute stuffies for Ancient Runes and Arithmancy:

MissJaneJetson test-knit a lovely tree hat for Ancient Runes (I'll be on the lookout for this pattern when it's published!):

winemakerssister spun a gorgeous skein of blue yarn for Ancient Runes:

quiltyone made an incredible pictorial quilt for Ancient Runes:

CathyCake made two fantastic shawls, a knit one for Ancient Runes and a crocheted one for Quidditch:

nekobasu made some delightful polymer clay mushrooms for Architecture:

morningwynd spun a beautiful skein of yarn for Architecture:

secrettrail crocheted a wonderful pie (with included pieces of fruit!) for Arithmancy:

Topfrog spun a fabulous blue, green, and yellow skein of yarn for Arithmancy:

sfcorgi knit two adorable elephant blanket buddies for Arithmancy and Transfiguration:

roocmc knit a terrific pastel-rainbow cowl (the colors make me so happy!) for Arithmancy:

LateClematis knit a charming baby tee for Arithmancy:

GazeboGal knit a brilliant baby blanket (it reminds me of watermelon!) for Charms:

ShannaMarie decoupaged a spectacular pair of shoes with poppies and pages from Love in the Time of Cholera (they are book shoes!) for Charms:

omeletsmom cleverly knit a mitered square for every color bean in a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans for Charms:

soprano1 made two darling OWLs for Charms:

lindzabeth dyed a cheerful skein of yarn in fun easter egg colors for Divination:

allysonpickles knit an awesome Pac-Man hat for Muggle Studies:

aknittingstory knit a marvelous top for Quidditch:

wendebular knit a fabulous scarf version of Lilli Pilli for Quidditch:

And SarahTheEntwife knit a fantastic full-sized version also for Quidditch:

LeahandtheDragon spun a stunning gradient for Quidditch:

Marruknits knit a wonderful sheepdog version of the Baa-ble hat for Quidditch:

It wouldn't be Ravenclaw without students trying to outrun the Mallet of Sanity.  These two 'Claws succeeded and have earned the Pickle of Sanity Badge!



bigsnakes knit a whole sweater for Charms--1024 yards in one month!

bribot09 crocheted an enormous granny square blanket for Arithmancy--a whopping 2550 yards!  (That is indeed the yardage needed for a crochet Transfiguration OWL, and she did it in a month!)

And finally, there was one Ravenclaw who decided to experiment this month, and for that she has received the Electric Pickle Badge!



Isilsartari did a study of shawl construction, crafting five different miniature shawls using different methods of increasing, for Architecture, Arithmancy, Charms, Muggle Studies, and Transfiguration:

Congrats to all the badge winners!  And happy end of term!!!