Sunday, August 14, 2011

7th-13th August

This week in Ravenclaw Tower...

topperarnold’s Daughter graduated! Congratulations!

MariaCrafts had a good experience with KnitPro customer service!

Jayannell found mini sock blockers which GazeboGal loved!

shadawyn started her beekeeper quilt...

And The Tower went Hexipuff crazy and started a Hexipuff along thread!

michebe tells us about the riots in England.

SadieLou put out feelers for a London meet up!

SFCorgi tells us who has won the House cup in previous terms!

GazeboGal directs us to the End of term feast where we find out that Slytherin have won the house cup and Hufflepuff, the quidditch cup! Congratulations!

According to Soprano1...

Isisonearth showed us some glamour shots!

Stacylovesyarn popped in to tell us the results of the Ravendor/Gryffinclaw challenge! Well done team Gryffinclaw! :D

KnittingLinguist passes on a message from Snape!

MeeMejmoi let us know that mini skein swap sign ups are now open!

Silverwing26 showed us her pretty socks!

fricknfrack tells us a great way to get organised!

sleep2dreamher shared some exciting news! Congratulations!

AbbyEBee has been busy doing colourwork!

GazeboGal got us all talking about Prime Numbers! (I hope you had a wonderful birthday!)

stacymarie showed us her first hand made soaker!

bumblebirch (Oliveknits) showed us a very happy baby! :D

Dawntreader7 showed us her awesome hat!

costumer47 showed us her lovely house colours blanket which she donated!

TheRealKarity showed us mini socks!

SFCorgi showed us someone ridiculously cute! ;)


That’s all for this week! :D

Saturday, August 6, 2011

This week in Ravenclaw Tower!

August 1st-6th

Ali123. Ravenclaw's August Blog Reporter places an exceedingly long notice on the wall.

This week in Ravenclaw Tower....

OneNeedleKnitting shows us her completed crocheted OWL!

Rondaletts showed us the Ravenclaw Quidditch Review.

The STUFFF thread is now open! :D

HapticTraveler showed us her gorgeous OWL work! (aka, how to Fail Spectacularly!)

The beginning of a certain Chilean Yarn Demon Attack, as reported by Soprano1!
(It looks like they’re after your WIP’s and UFO’s so get them finished or hidden!)

SFCorgi gave us a really nice recipe for Courgettes/Zucchini’s!

MGY asked for some advice about spindle pricing.

Hypercycloid starts ‘reverse WIP Wednesday’! Wednesday is now the day to ‘Cast On All The Things!’ WIP’s for the rest of the week! :D

There was a very large discussion about education, which begins here.

BrineyDeep asked for opinions on her project.

akasha111182 got the job! Congratulations!

Soprano1 made Ravenclaws a form to register your Pottermore usernames in!

SadieLou tells (and shows) us the difference between bike and derby helmets.

Stacymarie shows us the gorgeous view from Rocky Mountain National Park!

BrineyDeep gives us useful links for Pottermore!

Soprano1 reminded us where the link to the archives is!

SadieLou’s dead rat cardigan is done and she let us know that she got the job! Congratulations HOH!

Volkat got us counting our WIP’s!

Doviejay showed us her hexipuffs!

DawnTreader7 showed us some cephalopod awesomeness!

Silverwing26 shows us a thing!

hopesclan showed us her ridiculously cute prospective service puppy!

Volkat is looking for suggestions to organise recipes from magazines.


That’s all from 70 pages of chatting! :D HapticTraveler, I have total admiration for you! How do you do this every week?!

Ali123 out! :D

Monday, August 1, 2011

Common Room Recap July 29-31

This Weekend in Ravenclaw

  • Cromarty is finished!!!!
  • ooooooh look what Doviejay found!
  • soprano1 has returned from adventures, with this.
  • Chemistry LOLcats...snork.
  • SarahtheEntwife's new haircut...very nice!
  • Some details about getting into Pottermore.
  • Tribaby pictures!
  • The Quidditch Season Recap can be found here...way to go Rondaletts!
  • And that, my lovely Ravenclaw friends, is that for this term! We have turned in many projects and had much fun and that's what it's all about!