More Clues from Winnie

Here are my guesses for this week's clues from the headmistress!

1. Mexico City, Mexico

2. Chichen Itza, Mexico? I can find plenty of stuff about old courts, but nothing about kites. Of course, I can find things about kites in other locations, but nothing about courts. Frustrating!

3. Olinda, Brazil

These are getting harder and harder to find.

Where's Winnie Now?

Well, it looks like Winnie landed in a boring place this week. Imagine, a town with no shops or pubs! She could only be in Appleby, North Lincolnshire, England - home of the Appleby Arrows!

New Clues from the Headmistress!

Ms. Wartbobble just posted some more clues to her whereabouts this morning! Without further adieu, here are my guess:

I think the first location is Larnach Castle in Dunedin, New Zealand.

I think the second location is Stanstead, Quebec. I'm not sure of this one - it wasn't very easy to find based on information available online! I'm not very well traveled so I have to rely on my Google skills to discover these locations. Quick fact: almost EVERY town in Canada is famous for maple syrup.

A Letter from Winnie!

It looks like our Headmistress stopped in London at the Ministry of Magic this week. She mentioned something about trying to clear up a misunderstanding about underage wizards and apparation. It's all nonsense if you ask me. Ms. Wartbobble could never be involved in anything against the wizarding laws!

I wonder where she'll be off to next week. I hope her secret mission is going well!

First Blog Assignment!

Well, Quidditch is officially underway and I am already behind. I'm squeaking in under the wire here with my first assignment. At least it isn't late!

Someone with the same craft as you (either those listed above or another one).

Andromeda Finch-Fletchly (knitting)

Someone who was born in the same month.

Celestina Pettigrew (June)

Someone from a different country.

Megaera Black (Canada)

A new HSKS Quidditch player.

Ginny Lockheart

A player who has been in 3 or more HSKS swaps.

Antonio dela Weasley

A player who has a bigger stash than you! (And if your stash is the biggest, proudly say so!)

Fleur Sweeting

A player who both knits and crochets.

Hermione Bagnold

Someone who has the same favorite color as you.

Ambyr Phoenixfyre (purple)

Andromeda Finch-Fletchly has a ton of beautiful projects, but I especially like her Mystic Light Shawl. The orange and yellow yarn she used is stunning.

Celestina Pettigrew has quite a talent for making toys. Her amigurumi owl is almost too cute to be real.

Megaera Black is currently working on an Ishbel in the most beautiful yarn. It's got purples and blues in it AND it's silk. You can't do much better than that. I can't wait to see it when she's finished!

Ginny Lockheart doesn't have many projects listed on Ravelry yet, but she does have a wonderful pair of Ravenclaw ankle socks up. They look really comfy! I'm excited to see what else she works on in the future.

Antonio dela Weasley, who I dearly miss from summer camp, has tons of wonderful projects completed. His Queen Anne's Lace is especially beautiful. I have made one of these myself in hot pink. His more demure choice of white looks very classy and elegant. It's fun to see a pattern I have completed done in a different way.

Fleur Sweeting completed a Rosalie Bay scarf that is incredibly gorgeous! This is one of those projects where everything came together in a happy way. The colors in the yarn pooled beautifully into the pattern.

Hermione Bagnold is quite the creative crafter. She crocheted some very cute embellishments onto a pair of regular old flip flops, taking them from plain to pretty!

Ambyr Phoenixfyre crocheted some really cool candy corn treat bags for her kids' Halloween party. What a good mom, huh?

Whew! I think that's it. I had a lot of fun poking around everyone's projects and commenting on some of my favorite things. We have quite the talented bunch of players this season!

Game On!

I'm excited to announce that I've just made the Wigtown Wanderers quidditch team! I can't wait to don my gear and get out on the field. This promises to be a fun and challenging quidditch season, with players from all over the world participating. I can't wait to find out more about my teammates and get started.

All I can say is, game on! Go Wanderers!!!

My Kit is Here!

Well, my kit arrived yesterday and WOW! Lavender Ollivander really outdid herself and put together an amazing package for me!

Look at all those packages to unwrap! I was careful to take everything out of the box gently so I could preserve the wrappings and open all the contents slowly. I was good and read the little card first. It informed me that I was looking at a Defense Against the Dark Arts Kit!

I unwrapped the little presents and squealed over every single thing I saw. I got some gummy peach rings (my FAVORITE candy), 2 crochet magazines, a fancy wooden crochet hook (with a beautiful handle!), a little sweater keychain (handmade by women in Vietnam), a yarn cutter pendent, a shirt that says "Harry Otter" from the Oregon Zoo (too funny!), a luggage tag with my muggle initial on it and two beautiful skeins of yarn. The first skein is Malabrigo sock in Abril. I LOVE Malabrigo worsted and I am very glad to be able to try the sock yarn. It has all of my favorite colors in it - purples, pinks and blues. I couldn't have picked out a better yarn for me myself. The second is a cotton/rayon mix from Newton Country Yarns. It's gray cotton with a multicolor bit of rayon going through it. I love gray against any color, and this is unique and beautiful!

Thank you so much Lavender. I love everything in this kit. You are amazing! Now I'm off to replace the huge pair of scissors I carry in my project bag with my nifty little pendent. How did you know I needed one of those??