Flight of the First - May 2015

This term marks the return of The Flight of the First, which in the past was a challenge to turn in a Detention project by the end of the first week of each month.  This term things are being changed up a bit, and the challenge is to turn in at least one class by the end of the first week.

All of those who rose to the challenge for the month of May were earburned to the Class Tetris thread to collect a fabulous badge created by Saratheentwife.

Now, for some statistics from this month's Flight!

82 Ravenclaw students turned in at least one class during the first week of May.  This is 46.8% of the 175 Sorted 'Claws this term!


All of these students got the minimum for Sorting Priority taken care of, and now have the rest of the month to focus on things like Advanced Studies and Quidditch.  The majority turned in just one class during the first (very exciting) week of term, but there were 9 who turned in 3 or more classes!  WOW!

The total number of projects turned in by these 82 students was 115!  Here is a chart showing the distribution among the eight possible subjects, with the numbers and percentage of the total included.

Will you join the numbers next month?  Remember, to fulfill the requirements for the challenge, all you need to do is complete at least one regular class during the first 7 days of the month.  No special tags or forms or anything else special needed on your part.


Also, don't forget that we also have the Detention badge for May available.  Turn in Detention by the end of the day (11:59POT) on May 26th to earn the badge in honor of Sally Ride!

Flight of the First!

Once again Ravenclaws are going all out for the Cup by getting those detention projects in during the first week of the month!!

First to hand in is Isisonearth who handed in her gorgeous Ravenclaw blanket!

MeeMojMoi finished a cowl!

Kansasienne finished up some socks!

Catdragon finished up a chemo cap!

Hafknits also finished up some socks!

Nightrae finished up some handspun!

Cathycake finished a peacock hat!

Abbiegrey finished up granny rose slippers!

MrsWingNut finished a gorgeous doll!

More socks handed in by NoNeinNyet!

A minion hat handed in by knitsNhikes!

Cyprienne finished up her shawl! (Her 11th shawl in 2013!)

Gojenn handed in a magic ball granny square!

Chennpug handed in some gorgeous sparkly socks!

Arianwen08 finished up a wicked cute turtle!

Sprepp finished a LARGE shawl!

Kaos127 handed in a beautiful scarf!

Omeletsmom finished a project for House Unity: a Christmas tree ball

Another shawl handed in! This time by Jessdhill

JeninRI finished up a candy corn pouch

LladyllamafiberCo finished up a gorgeous rainbow cowl!

DrusillaWormwood finished up a blanket square!

And another blanket square was handed in by folk!

It's not too late to hand in a detention project before the end of the day today to earn the FoF badge! But even if you don't get a project handed in this week....hand it in by the end of the month! An easy way to earn 10 points for Ravenclaw!!

Flight of the First

Us 'Claws are truly taking up the banner of "RA-RA-RAVENCLAW!" Especially when it came to this month's Flight of the First for detention turn in's. An unprecedented 57 projects were turned in the first week of term! I don't know if you are counting but I am! That is 570 points for Ravenclaw!

Stacymarie handed in the first project of the term

Jillian79 finished up a blanket she began when Hurricane Sandy hit last October

FangAili finished a pair of Yip Yips

MrsWingnut handed in her finished her mesh bag

Folk finished up some socks just in time for her parents road trip

PorcupineSnuggles completed a finished pair of knee socks for herself!

Omletsmom handed in a finished tea bag holder (so cute!)

What a way to represent the Tower fellow Ravenclaws!! Let's keep the momentum of this first week going and the Cup will be our's!!! Do be sure to stop by the Leakey Cauldron to see all the fabulous hand-in's from everyone!

Flight of the First Showcase

June is almost half way over. Can you believe it? Let's take a look at a few of the projects submitted for Flight of the First this month.


Crankyangel submitted this lacy child's shawl she test knit. How perfect for summer!

Omeletsmom got around to putting together the parts of her adorable goldfish that she started for Transfiguration in May.

Digitaldiina
 finished the sweater pictured below for her sweet toddler.

Bklyngrrl67 finished and blocked this lovely shawl.

 

Jillian79 finished this cute newborn hat she started at the end of May.

 

AriadneWebb finished this cheery blanket.

Keep in mind, it might be too late to participate in Flight of the First, but you have until the end of the month to submit a project to Detention. :)

May Flight of the First!

May's Flight of the First Week has come and gone, and in keeping with the Epic Shawl Battle Royale this term, there were so. many. shawls. representing in Detention!
 
Bklyngrrl67's Capriole; curiouskate's Emanuela; SarahTheEntwife's Haruni; Shellbot's Florelei (her first shawl!)

Cyprienne's Melon Sorbet; tkannon's Color Affection (her first shawl!); xamonster's Whippoorwill Order Mission; jessdhill's hand-dyed Sea Leaves

knitsNhikes's Hogwarts Express; mimulus's Holden Shawlette; raederle's gorgeous gradient Evenstar; volkat's Age of Brass and Steam Kerchief

...and a special shout-out goes to GothKnitty for her stunning The Lady Of The Lake!

Keep those completed WIPs coming -- Detention runs all month!

Flight of the First Week: February Edition

Can you believe that Flight of the First Week ended a couple days ago? February is just whizzing by but of course it always does since it's a shorter month. I did a tag search in the Detention thread and counted 21 Flight of the First Week submissions. Let's take a look at a few of the projects.

Meilindis attempted grafting for the first time when she grafted the arms onto the body of the sweater pictured below. Way to go!

Kokopelli99 knit the awesome tiny Jayne hat pictured below to be a zipper pull on a Firefly-themed box bag. How cool is that?

 

Digitaldiina found the time to steek the sweater pictured in her detention post. Your little girl looks so classy!

Tygress was able to finish a shawl she had submitted for partial credit last month. What a great yarn/pattern combo.

After working on it for a couple of months, CathyCake was able to finish her first big crocheted bag for her daughter. I'm sure she'll love it.

Jessdhill was able to finish the fun socks pictured below. Her sister is one lucky girl.

To everyone who participated, way to go! And don't forget that there will be another opportunity to participate in Flight of the First Week in March.

Soar Ravenclaw! 

Flight of the First Showcase

Greetings, fellow 'Claws! This month, we've had 35 submissions for Flight of the First so far. You all are doing a great job. But, don't worry if you haven't submitted yet. You have until midnight POT on January 7th to participate. Below are seven of the coolest submissions so far to this month's Flight of the First.

AnnieCC finished up this extremely cool sampler inspired by Mad Eye Moody. Constant Viligance!

Treep created some pretty purple laceweight for a shawl. Look at all those colors! Beautiful.

ShaylaMyst submitted these lovely blue socks. Look at that cabling detail!

Risasukka made these blue mitts. The textured pattern is really unique!

electronjam finished a lacy necklace with bamboo yarn as consideration for this month's "green badge."

loveswildflowers knit a custom-fit raglan started in December. Isn't the color nice?

LadyRadagast finished a shrug originally intended to go with a party dress. Love the lace detail on the sleeves!

Congrats to all the 'Claws who contributed to our total of 35 "Flight of the First" submissions. What a great start to this term.

Soar Ravenclaw!