Etern Alley

As I'm preparing to reread the HP series from the start (again), it suddenly occurred to me that I need a special book mark to use - Namely a house bookscarf! Patterns for these are all over the internet (in fact, Lion Brand Yarn published a free pattern  here) , but I chose to modify  Laura K. Miller's pattern  originally published in  Charmed Knits  to best suit my vision. Materials: DMC Pearl Cotton size 5 :  #498 Dark Red (color A), 2 skeins #783 Medium Topaz (color B), 1 skein US 0 (2mm) double pointed needles US 4 (2mm) crochet hook stitch marker scissors needle for weaving in ends Notes:  When doing frequent color changes: Twist the new color with the old color at the beginning of the round, and carry yarn loosely up the inside of the bookmark until the next color change. This eliminates some of the loose ends you'll need to deal with later. I tried  this  technique from Knit Darling for 2-row jogless stripes...

I found this posted in a Facebook Fan Page called "District 9 3/4" a few months back and I absolutely adore it. 1 of 4 2 of 4 3 of 4 4 of 4

The Sorting Hat (Pottermore) Nowadays we have Pottermore to help us learn our Hogwarts house (and our Ilvermorny house and our wand and our patronus), but waaaaaay back in 2001, when Sorcerer's Stone was first released to theaters, the Warner Bros Harry Potter website offered a rather rudimentary Sorting Hat quiz. It asked those obviously leading questions like "If you found a wallet with money in it, would you keep it or give it back?" Clearly, if you gave it back you were a Gryffindor because only a Slytherin would keep it! I'm pretty sure those answers didn't actually matter and that houses were assigned on a rotating basis because my three younger brothers and I all took the test, one after another, and all wound up in different houses. Convenient, huh? I was Slytherin which by brothers razzed me about, but I didn't mind because I thought it was cool that the four of us could rep ALL the houses. But somewhere along the way, I can't remember h...