Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets discussion

Alright I just finished reading Chamber of Secrets and discovered:

1. On page 149, Hermione is called Miss Grant, not Miss Granger.
2. On page 333, Harry is told that Lord Voldermort put a bit of himself into Harry.
   
3. We now have encountered 2 of the horcruxes.

Ahh... Butterbeer. What is it? We know that it is a drink, for adults and kids. Since books leave so much up to our own imagination- one can only speculate. My interpretation of Butterbeer is that it is flavor of cream soda and liquid Heath bar (chocolate removed) mixed together. Butterbeer is probably very similar to apple cider it can be hard (alcoholic) or soft (juice) served cold or hot.

Joining In

Hi, everyone! I'm Laura, and I'm really excited to be joining this KAL. I own a yarn store in Minnesota called 3 Kittens Needle Arts. Tiffany (Gryffindor prefect) is one of our employees. I was lucky enough to see her Molly Weasley sleeves today at the store - they're stunning!

I started reading the 1st Harry Potter book to my son back before the books started gaining popularity here in the U.S., and I have been hooked ever since. I've read the 1st book 3 or 4 times and most of the other ones at least twice. I want to re-read the whole series before the next book comes out, but I'm not sure I have time. So I thought I'd listen to them on my iPod while I'm driving. I've listened to all of them off of CDs that I've borrowed from the library, but I thought since I have my iPod, I'd just download them onto there and listen that way. Unfortunately, the audio book service I use, Audible, doesn't have the books! WHY?? So now I'm going to have to figure out something else.

I'm not sure what I'm going to knit (or crochet) yet, although I'm leaning toward Hermione's cabled hat or the Weasley Cell Cozy. I also like the idea of a sorting hat. We'll see...

Thanks for letting me join. Check out my blog at www.k5tog.blogspot.com.

Wizardry

I should be getting ready for work but wanted to post a pic of this delightful pattern....I am in a felting frenzy so am going to peruse the stash and whip this up next week sometime.

My House Project

I finally started on a project in my house colors (Ravenclaw - blue and bronze). You can read more of the saga on my blog . I'm knitting a tie.



The yarn is my own handspun and I'm not using any pattern. I'm doing double knitting, which is an easy way to knit a tube using two straight needles. For those who haven't ever tried it, all you do is cast on an even number of stitches, then knit one, slip one purlwise with your yarn in front, and repeat to the end of the row. And then you do the same thing on the way back. This will give a fabric that looks like stockinette on both sides.

I'm going to continue the color pattern until the front of the tie is done or until I run out of the bronze and blue (what you see on the pic is all that I have of those colors).

In other news, I'm continuing to read Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter Mania in Oregon...

Greetings from the great state of Oregon!!! I just wanted to send in a quick post before the computer gets packed up for the move to Hillsboro. Currently we live in Tualatin. Both are in the Portland area in case anyone is not familiar with the state. Anyway, I will write more later when I have time.

Angela - Ravenclaw

Harry and I aren't getting along

Ok I am not doing so well in the Harry Potter thing. DH rented Sorcerer's Stone for me on Saturday, I didn't get around to watching it until Tuesday night. I tried to watch it on the laptop but the device kept restarting the movie. By the time the scene where all first years were gathered in the hall came up I had restarted 5 times. I then attempted to watch it the next am on the DVD player and TV, but fell asleep. In the meantime I am starting to listen to Chamber of Secrets on tape- but the tape is worn out. So now I have to read Chamber in my spare time and re watch Sorcerer's.
As for my knitting I am frogging quite well. Does Frogged items count?
Think I will make myself some hot butterbeer and curl up w/Chamber tomorrow night.

MaryBeth's Intro

Hello Everybody!

I know, I am late.... the belated MaryBeth :)

I AM excited about this! As if I needed more enthusiasm about knitting LOL.

Not only have I been re-watching all the Harry Potter movies, having my son search for where the books have been mislaid, but I have had my hubby getting me the books on audio for me to be able to knit and listen too!

I am so wanting to make some socks for house elves. My friend's daughter is always saying she is a elf (when you ask her if she is Shannon, she says *NO! I am an ELF*, so I call her their house elf :) I want to make her a pair of socks. I am thinking maybe some in Griffyndorf colors for her to wear around the house, nice bulky warm ones. That would start my KAL for this project along very nicely :)

Stay warm everyone!
MaryBeth