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| Crocheted Slytherin Locket |
I joined a group on Ravelry called "Hogwarts At Ravelry", and was sorted in to Slytherin, lololol. I actually had an emotional reaction when my owl arrived to tell me I was a snake! I relate to Gryffindor so much that it was a weird feeling to be put into Slytherin at first. I mean, I'm the good guy, right, lol?
I had my facebook friends laughing when I posted that I'd have to practice my evil laughter now, "bwa ha ha", lol.
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| Crocheted Slytherin Locket |
The Hogwarts at Ravelry group has lots of projects going on; different challenges, stories, etc. Most don't start up again until tomorrow because it's break week at Hogwarts :-), but I found one challenge I could join right away...the hunt for Horcruxes. I had to send an owl to the headmistress to ask permission first, and she gave it right away. Since I'm a new Slytherin, I decided to hunt for (create) the Slytherin Locket as my first project.
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| Crocheting a horcrux |
I found a pattern online
Ravelry but I modified it quite a bit. I wanted to make a teardrop shape, and I also wanted to make dark ring inside the gold, like the line some people have around their iris. I also wanted the green S to really show up, so I used coated elastic instead of embroidery floss. I guess I basically made up this pattern myself, in the end.
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| Close up of crocheted Slytherin Locket |
It wasn't easy embroidering with coated elastic, lol. I had to pull some of the elastic out first in order to thread it, even using my biggest embroidery needle. I'm pleased with the snaky look of it though.
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| Crocheted slytherin locket |
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| Thread and yarns used in crocheting Slytherin locket |
I don't know the name of the yarn I used for the chain and for the dark ring in the locket, so I took a photo...it's the line on the left. It's very pretty, and would make a nice chain even without being crocheted. I did the chain in single crochet. I also used some gold thread to crochet a clasp onto the chain. I may do this again, using gold covered elastic as the chain next time. I think that would sit nicer as it's a lot heavier.
It was a fun project, and making the locket was only half of the challenge...I also had to write a story explaining how I found the Horcrux. I don't know if you have to be a group member to read the story or not, but here's a link, in case you want to join. The group is a lot of fun, and the other members seem nice.
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