January has been quite a whirlwind already! There have been so many deadlines, there's been a whole Deputy Headmistress Challenge round and *TWO* Quidditch matches already! The multiple deadlines and real life have kept me a bit distracted, but I am back with our first round of Shiny Things for the Winter 2018 term!
The second Quidditch match was about trying something new (or brush up on something you haven't tried in a while), and it reminded me that I have learned *so many* new things since I joined the House Cup over 6 years ago. Then Facebook's On This Day feature pointed out that it has been 8 years since I learned to crochet. I didn't finally figure out knitting until after I joined the House Cup, but there was one other fibery related thing that I had tried before joining the Cup made me want to try All the Things: dyeing. Dye work is something that I really do enjoy, although I haven't touched much of it since last summer. So in the Shiny Things this round are going to those who have turned in dye projects so far this term in classes or Quidditch!
In this video are projects from bigsnakes, kaypendragon, kneedleart, ladyjhia, natys, qtinki, and shanbonan
I love the results of everyone's dye projects, and look forward to seeing what the yarn and fiber they've dyed becomes in the future! Until next time,
If you ever have extra time on your hands and want to see the awesome that is created throughout the House Cup, open up all of the threads for a term and look at the projects that have been turned in. When thinking about what to showcase as a sort of showcase of projects from the whole term, a few things came to mind. I made a couple blankets this term, should I feature those? Well, I featured blanket *squares* earlier this term so maybe not. What about shawls? I love shawls, and I also made one of those myself this term. Or socks? I have always wanted to be a sock knitter but I get distracted after the first sock (and learned this term that knitting two at a time is definitely not the solution for me). Then one of my kids mentioned that it seems like winter is taking forever to actually arrive. We've had a lot of yo-yo weather here lately, and I couldn't help but agree. And something that I think of around this time of year is sweaters. With a sweater, you can often wear it over something else so that if you get too warm you can remove the sweater and then put it back on if you get chilly again. So that's what I'm featuring this time for Shiny Things!
I did not pull from Detention, and I did not include partials simply because in both cases the item wasn't entirely made in the time period chosen. There are also a couple missing from the video because the pictures include children. Without further ado, here is the video showcase of all of the sweaters done for classes, Advanced Studies, and Quidditch this term!
Projects included from: aknittingstory, amylin, anisa, bandbabe, barnowl, bigsnakes, caranam, cathycake. chrissyteenychan, feoragruadh, gojenn, helpfulkitten, hopesclan, hreow, k8macq, kadiddly, knittingima, kvaustin, ladylou, lateclematis, lindseyluz, lindzabeth, missjanejetson, mooseloon, obliviathefirst, rachelolo, rondaletts, s2five, sadielou, scrappinrobyn, secrettrail, shanbonan, toolizzforyou, twillow, wendebular, winemakerssister, zisch304; Cyprienne and knotnknit also turned in sweaters, but their turn-ins had their younglings in them.
You may have noticed that a couple of them are not what most people would consider a "sweater." There's a couple vests and ponchos in there, and I felt like since they are involved in keeping the upper body warm they can count as sweaters for this. Do you have any sweaters planned for next term? Or even during Break Month? I made my first adult sweater (and sleeveless sweater) in the Spring 2017 term and I am considering making another one next term. We'll see what has grabbed my attention come January ;) As always, take care,
It's time again for another round of Shiny Things!
This time, I am featuring the Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing projects that have been turned in so far this month for classes and Advanced Studies. This time of month doesn't tend to have very many turn-ins for weaving and spinning yet, but that doesn't change how wonderful they are.
Featured in this video are projects from: lateclematis, laura909, leahandthedragon, mooseloon (two are mooseloon's!), nightgigjo, pumpahkin, softnshiny, stormrage, topfrog, twistedsticherfge Right now there are many focused on finishing Advanced Studies projects (particularly since the Order of the Phoenix deadline is rapidly approaching) and in the United States we have a major holiday coming up next week. So the Tower is crazy busy. Don't forget to take breaks so you do not risk burnout or injury :) Take Care,
My, how time has flown past! It's time again to award some badges for Shiny Things!
While the weather where I live is still trying to make up its mind about what season it is, for many people it's Hat Making Season! And with that comes a variety of colours, styles, and sizes of hats to distract us. For some examples (and perhaps inspiration), here is the video for this round's recipients!
Included are projects from: cauterize, gardenmama, gazebogal, gojenn, gwennian, hreow, kauaid, kaypendragon, knit4beer, knitsnhikes, kvaustin, lateclematis, lynn4mk, masschroeder, meshamarie, mootzee, mrswingnut, neetsey, purplepigwidgeon, qtinki, s2five, saskiabr, and wendebular. Kolson111322 also turned in a hat, but her picture was submitted through private message to the professors so I couldn't add it to the slideshow. Hats are generally a nice project to whip up quickly for a turn-in. Many people use them for their Flight of the First project so they have their one class minimum taken care of. And I already know what next round's theme will be, but you'll have to wait to find out ;) Take care,
It's that time again! Time to show off some more of the turn-ins that have been distracting me!
This time, it's the non-Ravelry crafts that have caught my attention. Some don't know this, but I enjoy doing a wide variety of different crafts beyond knitting, crocheting, dyeing, and spinning. And I usually use one craft to procrastinate working on another... it's a bit of a problem. I'm also always on the lookout for something new to learn, to my husband's dismay ;) Here is the video for this round's recipients!
Included are projects from bigsnakes, brineydeep, chrisfixedkitty, coukkii, fregn88, gojenn, llim, lookout (this is actually a project also featured in last round, huzzah!), masschroeder, meshamarie, morningwynd, nightgigjo, purplepigwidgeon, shanbonan, specialkknits, suzannemm, twillow, and wendebular.
There aren't as many opportunities to do a non-Ravelry craft for a turn-in, so I always enjoy seeing what other things people make. We also have a few special topic threads dedicated to various non-Rav crafts like tatting, sewing, and papercrafting, painting, and drawing, so if you are interested in learning be sure to check those out :) Take care!
Woohoo! In previous terms, the Head of House has had the opportunity to give out badges or awards for a variety of reasons. Most recently, PickleMommy awarded a variety of Pickle Awards for things like all around excellent projects that caught her attention, projects or turn-ins that made her laugh, and pointing out that some people really do push themselves quite an immense amount and spend all of their time running from the Mallet of Sanity. One of the things that got brought up in a few places when it was announced that I would be taking over as Head of House was what sort of awards I would choose to give out. I put thought into it, because I didn't want to just do the same thing PickleMommy did, and I also wanted to take the chance to recognize some of the projects that don't get as much attention. So I am introducing for my first award Bacs' Shiny Distractions!
This award's focus is going to change each round, and will seem completely random to most people. One round the focus may be on amigurumi, the next could be projects that are purple. There's no telling what it will be because what is catching my attention changes regularly. This first round is blankets (and blanket motifs), dishcloths, and scrubbies. I have recently been working on a blanket for my middle son, and my OWL's main project is a queen size blanket. Dishcloths and scrubbies are projects that I have turned to in the past when I needed something quick and easy that didn't require too much thinking for me to do. Usually it's because I have an Advanced Studies project that is taking up my attenion, but a couple years ago I completely lost all sense and made 150 crocheted washcloths for a NEWT. So here are the blankets, motifs, dishcloths, and scrubbies that I found last night while going through all of the class threads (no non-class turn-ins included because I decided to focus this time on the ones that secure someone's Sorting priority)
Included are turn-ins from 3trees, bchapman1017, bigsnakes, cauterize, dixiehellcat, feoragruadh, freemiki, gojenn, gwennian, kadiddly, keres, knit4beer, knitsnhikes, ladyjhia, lavenderblueskies, lookout, lsgarner, lvs2read, lynn4mk, missjanejetson, mooseloon, mootzee, morningwynd, neetsey, omeletsmom, picklemommy, quietdissident, saskiabr, shannamarie, snippybits, softnshiny, specialkknits, suzannemm, taleweaver, tatsrus, tindratieren, tshaya, and xamonster. Many others have gotten at least one class in this month. Don't forget that to maintain Sorting Priority you need to turn in at least a partial class by the end of the month, every month. If you are unable to turn-in at least a partial class, please make sure to contact me via private message on Ravelry to ask about getting an excuse recorded. Now I need to go work on getting my own Sorting Priority taken care of ;) Take care!
