Monday, August 31, 2009

HaR Care of Magical Creatures, Parts 1, 2 & 3

Dragonsinger of Hufflepuff posting three completed projects

Oli the Goth Owl: Loves listening to Metallica, wearing black and red and watching Interview with the Vampire

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Punky the Troll: Loves rave clubs, rock music and long walks on beaches

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Floppy the Cerberus: Cousin to Fluffy, he likes music also. Oly this three headed dog prefers music by Three Dog Night, The Beagles (Paul McBarkeney is his favorite) and The Rolling Bones! Floppy also enjoys long walks on the beach but it's byops (bring your own pooper scooper).

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

NAIME History of Magic

SPELLS

Match the spell with the action preformed. Please submitt answers using just the number and letter combination. (ie 2D)

1. F
2. J
3. H
4. I
5. B
6. E
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. G

History

Select from the following answers to complete the statements listed below. Please submit answers in the following form: 1. Blast-ended skrewt

  1. 10th Century
  2. Bowman Wright
  3. 382BC 4.Helga Hufflepuff, 5.Rowena Ravenclaw, 6.Salazar Slytherin 7.Godric Gryffindor
  4. 1294
  5. 1326 10.Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

Quiddich

All answers can be found in Quiddich through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp. This portion of the quiz is open book.
Please submit the answers only.

1. A bird called the snidget
2. A common quidditch foul caused by a player using his elbows excessively to hurt another player
3. A quidditch foul where two of a team’s Chasers knock the opposing team’s Keeper out of the way so that their third Chaser can score a goal easily
4. Puddlemere United
5. Holyhead Harpies
6. Kenmare Kestrels
7. Pride of Portree
8. Wimbourne Wasps
9. Waytown Wanderers
10. Tutshill Tornados

Magical Beasts

Please refer to Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them by Newt Scamander. This portion will also be open book. Each answer will be two parts. First identify the Ministry of Magic (MOM) Classification and Second give a one sentence discription of the “Beast”.

1. Centaur - XXXX - The Centaur is a magical creature that is has the body of a horse, and the torso, arms and head of a Human and come in a variety of colours, ranging from deep black to palomino.
2. Kelpie - XXXX - The Kelpie is a water demon native to Britain and Ireland that usually takes the form of a horse with a bullrush mane luring unwary travellers onto their backs and dragging them underwater and eating them.
3. Pogrebin - XXX - The Pogrebin is a foot-tall Russian demon with an oversized grey head that is attracted to Humans, and enjoys trailing them.
4. Acromantula - XXXXX - Acromantulas are giant spiders native to the jungles of southeast Asia and are believed to be wizard bred for the purpose of guard dwellings or treasure hoardes.
5. Erkling - XXXX - The Erkling is an elfish creature, which has a particuarly affinity for the taste of children and uses its high pitch cackle to entrancing and lure them away from their guardians to eat them.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

NAIME Divinations

Welcome to Divination!

This term we are going to be studying the art of Dream Interpretation. You have two options to choose from, and knitting, crochet and spinning are all acceptable.

Option One: Dream When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? A doctor? A singer? A mom? For this assignment, create something that shows us what your dream is or was.

Most of my dreams have always been about dragons! Yeah I know big surprise sooooo here is a tiny crocheted dragon to represent my dreams.

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HoR House Challenge - August

Striped House Scarf:


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Monday, August 24, 2009

Thursday, August 20, 2009

White Chocolate Billywig Pie

Ingredients:

3oz box Berry Blue Jello gelatin (or any gelatin flavor that will give you blue color)
1 1/2 cup boiling water
8 oz container frozen non dairy topping (I used fat free)
1 oz package White Chocolate instant pudding (I used sugar free)
1 pint blueberries
1 graham cracker crumb pie crust



Directions:

In large bowl, add boiling water to gelatin and stir for two minutes until dissolved. Using wire whisk, stir in frozen whipped topping and instant pudding until well mixed. Place in frig for 1 hour to firm.




Remove from frig and stir in 1/2 pint of blueberries. Reserve rest for topping. Pour mixture into pie crust and refrigerate till firm.




Top with remaining blueberries.



Serves 8

Nutritional Information:

Serving size: 1/8 of pie
Calories per serving: 250
Fiber per serving: 1 gram
Fat grams per serving: 5 grams
WW points per serving: 5 points

NAIME Arithmancy Mini Challenge

Assignment:

August 14-22 Arithmancy is the study of numbers, how they interrelate and the patterns created by specific sequences. Often one thinks of large complex charts when the subject is approached, however, with this mini challenge we will focus on one the simple aspects. We will only be changing one variable and compare the results. For this practical challenge we will be ::gasp:: swatching. Using the same yarn & stitch pattern & only changing the size needles used, make at least two 4x4inch swatches. Each set MUST have at least 2 swatches in the same yarn, same pattern, but using different sized needles/hooks. (Larger swatches may be made, 4x4 is the minimum size accepted.) When turning in your challenge pieces, please include information on yarn, needle sizes used, stitch pattern, the stitches per inch obtained, and Rows per inch. (The usual information you should note when swatching!)



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Pattern:
Row 1: SC in each chain across, ch 1 turn.
Row 2: Sc in first stitch, Treble crochet in next. Continue alternating across in each stitch. ch 1 turn.
Row 3: 1 sc in each stitch across, ch 1 turn.
Repeate rows 2 and 3 until desired size.

Yarn Used:
Mission Falls 1824 Wool 100% Merino Superwash, Navy (#22)

Hooks used
  1. C/2/2.75 5 stitches and 5 rows to the inch; 9 trebles to the row, ch 20
  2. F/5/3.75 - 5 stitches and 5 rows to the inch; 8 trebles to the row, ch 17
  3. G/6/4.00 - 5 stitches and 4 rows to the inch; 9 trebles to the row, ch 17
  4. H/8 /5.00 - 4 stitches and 4 rows to the inch; 7 trebles to the row, ch 15
  5. I/9/5.50 - 3 stitches and 3 rows to the inch; 7 trebles to the row, ch 15
  6. J/10/6.00 - 3 stitches and 3 rows to the inch; 6 trebles to the row, ch 14
  7. K/10.5/6.50 - 3 stitches and 3 rows to the inch; 6 trebles to the row, ch 14
  8. L/11/8.00 - 3 stitches and 3 rows to the inch; 5 trebles to the row, ch 11
  9. M/13/9.00 - 3 stitches and 2 rows to the inch; 5 trebles to the row, ch 11
  10. P/**/15.00 - 2 stitches and 2 rows to the inch; 4 trebles to the row, ch 10