Crap crap crap!

okay I thought it was bad when I didn't get the stretch in my colorworks portion of my partners socks ... I got some sock blockers that are supposed to be her size so I could test them out and they look like they will be fine.

Only now I am missing my yarn ... yes you read that right -- my yarn has taken a walk.

This summer after we got our partners I put the yarn I was going to use in a box so it wouldn't get dirty or full of dog hair ... or my hair ... I also had in some acrylic yarn which my oldest daughter was going to use for mittens ... everything was supposed to be honky dory.

A week ago I knew where the box was - I took out two skeins of my gold to put aside because I thought I was going to have to slice on as the balls I was using were running out.

Now I'm up to where I had planned a second band of color work -- but dang it -- now my ruby is running out and I'm almost sure that I will not have enough to get thru 14 rows ---

HEY .... I just realized that there's a way to figure this out!

for 7 rows at 52 sts ... I have a total of 364 sts. now I should be able to get a single point needle of the same size as I am using for the socks, wrap the yarn loosley thru (so I don't stretch it) and count how many stitches I can get.

Maybe figure out how many stitches, for the length it would take to go one loop around the hand ... then I just have to wrap the yarn around my hand and get a better estimate. Interesting thing is .... both balls were supposed to have the same amount of yarn, but one side has less than the other.

now the upside is -- I do have ONE, and only one, skein that I had balled up to begin with which I was saving for doing the toes - I wanted dark toes instead of gold so they wouldn't show the dirt or wear quite so quickly ... but I can add half that ball to each sock ... that might get me back to where I need to be to at least finish the toes of the socks.

Right now -- I am very grateful that I decided to learn to do both socks at the same time .... any changes I make will be on both socks and I won't have to worry about if I'm going to have enough for the second sock.

So two days of hunting -- I have just about given up on finding the box in time to finish the socks and still have time to give them a nice hand-washing and blocking.

Well -- off to measure. will let you know!!!

Gryffindor Quiz 1

Again not sure it will count - but I just can't resist on spoiling the Gryffindor's fun!

1. What is a Niffler, and what are the pros and cons of owning one? They are wonderful little creatures who hunt treasure ... the pro is that they will find you all sorts of treasure - the con is that they have no respect for the areas around them and will make a terrible mess trying to get to whatever treasure they sniff out.

2. What department of the Ministry of Magic would be alerted if you were found flying around on a Magic Carpet? it falls under the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office to be exact.

3. Of the three tasks of the Tri-Wizard tournament do you think you would have been best at completing and why? I think I would have done better at the final task of going thru the maze ... you had to be ready to do whatever it took to get to the end of that maze, you have to be able to act on the spur of the moment and think quickly on your feet -- as a crafter you know we have to be ready for any contingency.

4. Of the three tasks of the Tri-Wizard tournament would you have been least successful and why? I know for sure I would have been utterly useless in the second task of going in the water - I swim like a rock.

5. In Potions if you were asked to take out your ground scarab beetle, cut up ginger root, and armadillo bile, what potion would you be making? I am more than likely making a Wit-Sharpening potion (this question was asked on the Slytherin quiz too)

6.What is Veritaserum and what is its purpose? Veritaserum is the strongest Truth Serum available - three drops would have you tell all your innermost secrets ... because of its strength it's use is highly regulated by Misistry guidlines - 6th year potion students should be able to produce this.

7.What Dragon did Harry face in the first trial? Harry battled the Hungarian Horntail

8. Please describe the badges everyone wore after Harry was named the 4th contestant in the Tri-Wizard tournament. The badges were charmed so that they flashed between "Support Cedric Diggory, the REAL Hogwarts Champion" in red, and when you pressed them they said "Potter Stinks" in green.
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Harry and a Dragon together [ride Harry!!!]










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Hermione and Viktor Krum together