Gregorian New Year

Thank you to all of the participants in the January portion of the winter term challenge! The challenge was to create an item that in some way represented the Gregorian New Year! Let's take another look at all the entries!





Our winner as generated by Random.Org is hawthorn!!! Congratulations!!!

October Monthly Challenge!!!

*I completely didn't realize I had forgotten to post the details here.*

October Monthly Challenge!

Silverwing26 raises her wand in the air and shoots off an array of Sparks in blue, bronze and silver.
Well ‘Claws, it is the first of October. You know what that means! It is time again for the monthly challenge. This month we will be having a feast of fun! To enter this month’s challenge you must create something inspired by the Halloween Feast! The Halloween feast is a wondrous celebration of food and frivolity! Use your imagination, pump up that creativity and show me something amazing inspired by the feast!!!

The knitty gritty…

1. Ravelry Sanctioned Crafts (Knit, Spin, Crochet, Dye, Weave) Did I miss any?
2. Project must be started on or after the 1st of October and finished on or before the 31th of October.
3. Post the picture of your item in this thread. If you want to earburn me (Silverwing26) for good measure that would be appreciated. But make sure you post a picture. That is how I am going to find the entries, by clicking the picture icon at the top.
4. Your project absolutely can be submitted for classes or Quidditch. You may not use part of your OWL. (Quidditch items must conform to the Quidditch rules.)
5. HAVE FUN! BE CREATIVE! Woo!

Please add the tag OctChallengeFeast to your project!

I will then use random.org to select a winner from all of the entrants to win a prize! Hurray!!!

ALOTS!

Thanks for being patient 'Claws! Here is the round up for the September Monthly Challenge! ALOTS!



I do apologize that some of the alots got cropped a little strange. I use an online program to make the mosaic and it doesn't let me choose where the picture gets cropped.

1. slightlyfoxed
2. ali123
3. andryl
4. beautyredefined
5. dixiehellcat
6. miniknitter
7. AnniePR87
8. abbyebee
9. 13moonsago
10. Casdena
11. Ielith
12. lavenderblueskies
13. isisonearth
14. TriGirlJ
15. Drake
16. MariaCrafts
17. nightrae
18. kjgon
19. dnatheory
20. Jayannell
21. dorathalia
22. Silverwing26
23. SFcorgi
24. Beyby
25. rambunctiousky
26. boppingbeth
27. xamonster
28. hippohero
29. greenegirl
30. eQuail
31. insanKnitty
32. Alethea

Our winners, generated by random.org are #5 and #30!!
Congratulations dixiehellcat and eQuail!

July Bugspray Event

Silverwing26 walks into the center of the common room and waves her wand. A magical trumpet does a little toot and blue and bronze sparklies float down into the room!

Claws! I have here all of the entrants into the July Bigspray Event. Thanks to all our participants, our common room should now be free of insects! And the occasional snail….

Thank you to all everyone who participated.
1.akasha111182
2.Drake
3.fuddles
4.greenheron
5.Kethrim
6.KnitWit685
7.kountingsheep
8.lavenderblueskies
9.OneNeedleKnitting
10.rchrispy
11.SadieLou
12.Silverwing26
13.TriGirlJ

And the winner as generated by Random.org is….

5.Kethrim !!! Congratulations. You’ve won some handspun donated by drake. Please be in contact with each other to arrange the details. :)

June Bugs Winner!

First of all, Thank you so much to everyone who participated! Secondly, I am so sorry for the delay. The month got a bit away from me there with going out of town and getting sick. Third, without further delay, here are the delightful projects from the June Bugs challenge!

1. theflyinggoat
2. silverwing26
3. nightrae
4. mmguillot
5. lavenderblueskies
6. kountingsheep
7. Jayannell
8. DaneMum
9. 13moonsago

Thank you so much for participating! Our winner chosen my Random.org is #7 Jayannell! Your prize has been generously donated my SFCorgi.

Congratulations. :)

July Challenge

*Loud banging and tinkering can be heard from inside the lab early in the morning on July 1st. Amidst the sounds of thing being dropped and hammered comes a pleasant whistling. Silverwing26 walks out of the lab donning her lab coat and a pair of safety goggles. She has some rolled parchment under one arm. Still whistling her merry tune she heads up to her dorm, and then a moment later heads back down, her wand tucked behind her ear, and into the lab.*

:Terrence hops after his person, and catches the lab door with one webby foot and sneaks in:

*Moments later there is a loud crash, a deep boom and magical sparks shoot from the open lab door! Oh no! Terrence did not know the importance of keeping the lab door shut! Blue and green smoke fills the common room and for some reason all of the furniture is now playing a gentle tinkling sound. Students are awoken from their beds by the rocking form the boom, and the oddly perfumed smoke.*

*Coughing, Silvering26 emerges from the lab*

Cough cough... well... that... didn't... cough... work!...cough cough...

*She pauses to catch her breath*

Uh oh....

*Her eyes fall on the terrarium the Claws have spent the last three months filling with rain, plants, and bugs. A huge crack appeared in the side and a chunk of glass has fallen on the floor! The crittery Crawlies from inside escape into the tower!*

Claws April Showers bring May flowers, May flowers bring June bugs, and June bugs bring BUG SPRAY!

The July Challenge is to craft Bugspray, or insect an insect repelling device of your choosing. Get creative! The Rules...

1. It must be started and finished this month
2. Spin, knit, crochet are the standard options, just ask if you have something else in mind
3. These submissions absolutely CAN be submitted for classes, or other forums as you see fit.
4. No Stress! These challenges are just for fun and give us reasons to award prizes!
5. Be creative! You might win yourself a mad scientist nomination!

May Flowers Challenge Winners!

First, I want to extend an apology to everyone who has been waiting for the results of this challenge. I try to get them out on the first or second of the month. This was just a crazy month.

Second, I want to thank everyone who participated in the May Challenge! Fifty-three tower mates entered floral creations into the challenge! Thank you everyone. Here we have the a summary of everyone's projects.





The participants include...
1 13moonsago
2 ali123
3 anastaciaknits
4 andryl
5 AshleyTree
6 bandbabe
7 batfink
8 bobbilicious
9 boppingbeth
10 darwinia
11 delinea
12 dixiehellcat
13 djmeurer
14 doviejay
15 Drake
16 eightlegeddj
17 felicitycot
18 fuddles
19 GazeboGal
20 greenegirl
21 greenheron
22 hutchart
23 insanKnitty
24 isisonearth
25 jacquiG
26 Jayannell
27 kashimama
28 Kethrim
29 kjgon
30 KnitWit685
31 kountingsheep
32 lavenderblueskies
33 lizzird
34 MariainCT
35 MightyGoodYarn
36 nightrae
37 OneNeedleKnitting
38 pertela
39 petitevache
40 Piggalette
41 pkitten
42 PorcupineSnuggles
43 RavenclawPrefect
44 rchrispy
45 RNsallyanne
46 SFcorgi
47 soprano1
48 theflyinggoat
49 therealkarity
50 topperarnold
51 VampireQueen
52 xamonster
53 yarnpiggy

Wow!

And the winners are (As generated by random.org)

45 RNsallyanne

10 darwinia

18 fuddles

Congratulations Winners!

June Bugs

Early in the morning, as students begin making their way into the common room from the dorms, they begin to notice a very large sheet covering a very large... something... against one wall of the tower. Silverwing26 can be seen bustling about around the large object fussing with this and that.

"Alright, I think I have all of the spells in place now. Hmm... have I forgotten anything..."

She mutters distractedly to herself. Her wonderful twin, BoppingBeth, finally comes up behind her and asks...

"What ARE you doing?"

Silverwing26 jumps not having heard her approach!

"Ack! Don't DO that... I'll show you!"

She laughs and then turns to get everyone's attention!

"Attention Claws! I am about to unveil that which we have been working towards this term!"

With a flourish of her wand the large sheet vanishes from the large... thing. Underneath it is a HUGE glass terrarium. The massive glass tank hugs the side of the tower walls and stretches inbetween two book cases. Inside of the tank all of the flowers that were magically created and collected in May are growing happily. A gentle rumble is heard now and then as some of the April showers manifest themselves to water the flowers.

"See what we've done! Isn't it grand! Well, now you see we can commence with our insect experiment! It is now June. As the old saying goes... April Showers bring May flowers, and what to May flowers bring? JUNE BUGS! So this month my fellow Claws we will be filling our Terrarium with Bugs! Lots and Lots of bugs! As you can see, I've dropped a few of them in there already just to make sure the environment suited them."

Any 'Claws looking can see a Lady bug and a snail crawling about happily. BoppingBeth laughs and pokes Silverwing26 in the arm.

"Hey, you know a snail is NOT a bug right?"

"Really?! Well, FIDDLESTIX!"


The Rules:

1. It must be started and finished this month
2. It must be knitted or Crochet this month.
   
3. These submissions absolutely CAN be submitted for classes, or other forums as you see fit.
4. No Stress! These challenges are just for fun and give us reasons to award prizes!
5. Be creative! You might win yourself a mad scientist nomination!