(Or at least maybe. I suppose I could come back some time and do some honorary Pickle Badges or something.)
But in any case, it is indeed the end of my time as your Head of House, and this is the final round of Pickle Badges of my tenure.
It was a truly incredible Spring Term, culminating in another amazing win for Ravenclaw, and the best send-off ever for your Head of House and Head Girl team. Thank you all for the amazing efforts you put forth this term, some of which I am about to share!
When I started as the Head of House, I wanted to honor the efforts of our 'Claws around the House Cup. Sure, we all get nice bonus points for things and maybe even a trophy nomination once in a while, but we don't often get to see what our housemates are creating unless we go hunting through all the class threads to look. I thought it would be nice to show off some of that work, since often people are too shy or modest to show it off themselves. And so my second term as Head of House saw the birth of the Pickle Badges. At first, it was just a Golden Pickle (the Muria Aurea badge), but over the course of that term and since, I have found other reasons for new Pickle Badges. And there has been a variety of Golden Pickles awarded over the past two years!
I do hope this has been fun for people over the past six terms, because I have definitely enjoyed doing it. It's just simply awesome to see what people create, how creative or funny their posts can be, and how unbelievable some people's efforts are!
So without further ado, I would like to award the final collection of Golden Pickle Awards, given to the projects that simply stand out!
Mamaloftin crocheted a fantastic leafy hat for Arithmancy:
Isilsartari wove a wonderful strap in Ravenclaw colors for Arithmancy:
Momtoaaandm turned in two of her Persian Dreams hexagons for Arithmancy, but here is the final spectacular baby blanket, which she turned in for Detention:
WillowGlade once again has woven several amazing tea towels for Arithmancy, Astronomy, Family and Consumer Science, and Potions:
3trees sewed herself a fabulous dress for Astronomy:
Twillow knit an exquisite beaded lace shawl for Astronomy:
KnotMagick sewed an awesome starry dress for Astronomy:
PurplePigwidgeon made a delightful wooden Penske truck (which brought back memories of my own drive across the country in a very similar truck years ago) for Astronomy:
suzannemm made an intricate lace doily for Astronomy, a lovely lace-edged shawl for DADA, and a charming kraken for Potions:
HelpfulKitten wove a gorgeous wrap for Charms and dyed some gorgeous fiber in house colors for Quidditch:
LateClematis knit a wonderful little bird for Charms:
Bijou3owl knit a fantastic shawl for Charms:
Chrissyteenychan made a splendid quilt for DADA:
S2five crocheted a marvelous shawl for DADA:
wendebular spun a beautiful skein of yarn for DADA and knit a magnificent pair of socks (with a matching minisock!) for History of Magic:
Lookout sewed a delightful pair of aprons for DADA:
knitsNhikes crocheted and felted a cute owl trivet for History of Magic:
CathyCake made an awesome double knit name tag (which says something different on each side!) for History of Magic:
SaskiaBr knit a lovely shawl from her dorm's miniskein swap for History of Magic and also made a wonderful pincushion for Quidditch:
neetsey knit a fabulous patterned scarf for History of Magic:
roocmc knit a spectacular lace shawl for History of Magic:
kvaustin knit a beautiful lace shawl for History of Magic:
winemakerssister has once again spun stunning yarn for History of Magic and for Quidditch:
knittingIma knit a fantastic pair of colorwork socks for History of Magic:
LladyLlama spun a gorgeous skein of yarn for History of Magic:
LASH knit a splendid shawl (which took a lot of complicated figuring due to her left-handed knitting!) for History of Magic:
caranam made a marvelous needle-felted autumn tree for Potions:
LeahandtheDragon spun a magnificent skein of yarn for Potions:
bchapman1017 spun a delightful rainbow skein of yarn for Potions:
elekanahmen also spun a wonderful rainbow skein of yarn (I'm a sucker for rainbows) for Potions:
soprano1 spun two fabulous skeins of yarn (rainbow in a different way!) for Potions:
llim knit a pretty little cardigan for Potions:
hnick knit a fantastic hat from her own handspun for Quidditch:
Alfiriel dyed a gorgeous skein of Ravenclaw blue and bronze yarn for Quidditch:
kneedleart spun a lovely skein of yarn and an awesome story explaining how it fits the prompt for Quidditch:
fricknfrack knit a superb colorwork bag for Quidditch:
It became clear when I started doing these badges that there were always going to be 'Claws who achieved truly unbelievable feats with their crafting. There is a long-running joke in the Tower about people being chased by the Mallet of Sanity for attempting these kinds of things, and so it seemed appropriate that there should be a badge for those who succeed. Hence, the creation of the Pickle of Sanity Badge! This month was no different, and in fact, we had quite a few people do some really incredible things!
kvaustin used an amazing 1365 yards to knit her sweater for Arithmancy:
winemakerssiter spun a lot this month, but notably turned in an incredible 1692 yards of singles to Astronomy and another 1670 yards of singles to Potions:
3secondfish used an unbelievable 1335 yards to crochet her blanket for Astronomy:
celizabethlill used an impressive 1243 yards to knit her cardigan for Charms:
PurplePigwidgeon used a noteworthy 1000 yards (from her dorm's miniskein swap!) to knit her scarf for DADA:
morningwynd spun an astonishing 2007 yards of singles for DADA:
TwistedSticherFGE spun an inconceivable 3064 yards of singles for History of Magic:
megknitficent spun a jaw-dropping 6522 yards of singles (an entire sweater's worth!) for History of Magic:
hnick spun a remarkable 1712 yards of singles for Quidditch:
bigsnakes used a phenomenal 2797 yards to knit five scarves for Quidditch:
wendebular turned in a spectacular 2092 yards to Quidditch, by spinning 1672 of singles, plying them, and then knitting 420 yards of her yarn to make a bunting:
Ravenclaws also are known for their thirst for knowledge, and as I started going through class threads back in the beginning, I saw that many people would demonstrate this with their project turn-ins. Some would do actual experiments, while others would just find a new or unusual way of completing their projects. And so I created the Electric Pickle Badge, to honor those project turn-ins that represented Ravenclaw curiosity and cleverness! There were two 'Claws who fit into this category this month!
FeoragRuadh needed a light-weight spindle, so she cleverly made two, using chopsticks and polymer clay, and then successfully spun some yarn with them for Astronomy:
lindzabeth experimented with different methods of spinning batts for her project for History of Magic:
Sometimes Ravenclaws are just simply funny, and it's delightful to come across a post that gives me the giggles. I thus very punnily created the Darth Pickle Badge to honor humor and good fun! This month there were several 'Claws who made me laugh!
GazeboGal had a funny method for using minisocks as eye protection for Astronomy:
craftyshanna similarly created a comical form of eye protection using earrings for Astronomy:
S2five crocheted a very amusing model of a dissected frog (complete with internal organs apparently
Jayannell decided to hilariously and covertly treat her neighbor, who is really pretty unknown to her other than his name, to a yarnbombing for his very sorry mailbox for Muggle Studies:
But wait, there's just one more! This badge has only been awarded twice before, but it's time to award it one last time. The Pickle of Pickles Badge was created to honor a truly unbelievable feat, something that goes above and beyond a Pickle of Sanity Badge. bigsnakes and cn32 are the only people who have been awarded this badge previously, but this month we have one more person to add to this very elite group...
kneedleart crafted a total of 15,772 yards for classes and Quidditch in July (so this doesn't even count her advanced studies crafting), earning a whopping 467 points for classes alone in July, as well as another 101 points for two Quidditch matches! Truly AMAZING.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the badge winners and to the entire house on another spectacular House Cup win! Thank you for seven wonderful terms!!!
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