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Herbology June 2009
"This month you will be learning about Gillyweed.
Gillyweed is a magical plant native to the Mediterranean and resembling a bundle of slimy, grey-green rat tails. When it is eaten by a human witch or wizard, one grows gills and webbing between the fingers and toes.
When harvesting their gillweed students should pay close attention to they way bubbles of oxygen cling to its roots. This month we will be working on some new techniques for harnessing these bubbles.
Knitters and crocheters should show off some bobbles or nupps, and spinners try your hand at a slub yarn."
Professor,
Loveswildflowers for Gryffindor here handing in my Herbology homework:
For your approval, here is evidence of my intensive work with the herb gillyweed. Being enrolled for an Owl in potions, I was able to procure some gillyweed which I chewed in order to go exploring for an hour in the Hogwarts Lake. What an amazing experience it was - I must tell you! Thankfully I was able to avoid the giant squid and evade the grindylows. My - they are pesty little buggers! However, I did find that the relashio spell did keep them at bay. It was a lucky thing that I had read about Harry’s explorations in the Goblet of Fire.
The highlight of my trip was meeting the merpeople. I discovered that they can be quite friendly if you sing to them. Here’s a photograph of a young mermaiden I saw hiding in the weeds.
Note her clever use of gillyweed bubbles - she has attached them to her tail fin for buoyancy.
This was my first time crocheting anything like this - I just learned to crochet a circle for Divination. I am much more of a knitter and I already knew how to make knitted bobbles - I thought it would be fun to learn something new and have a go at Crochet Bobbles. I based my mermaid on a Crocheted Butterfly Necklace pattern from Crochet Me website and then used part of a crochet flower pattern to which I added crochet bobbles for the tail fin.
crochet bobbles
Herbology June 2009
"This month you will be learning about Gillyweed.
Gillyweed is a magical plant native to the Mediterranean and resembling a bundle of slimy, grey-green rat tails. When it is eaten by a human witch or wizard, one grows gills and webbing between the fingers and toes.
When harvesting their gillweed students should pay close attention to they way bubbles of oxygen cling to its roots. This month we will be working on some new techniques for harnessing these bubbles.
Knitters and crocheters should show off some bobbles or nupps, and spinners try your hand at a slub yarn."
Professor,
Loveswildflowers for Gryffindor here handing in my Herbology homework:
For your approval, here is evidence of my intensive work with the herb gillyweed. Being enrolled for an Owl in potions, I was able to procure some gillyweed which I chewed in order to go exploring for an hour in the Hogwarts Lake. What an amazing experience it was - I must tell you! Thankfully I was able to avoid the giant squid and evade the grindylows. My - they are pesty little buggers! However, I did find that the relashio spell did keep them at bay. It was a lucky thing that I had read about Harry’s explorations in the Goblet of Fire.
The highlight of my trip was meeting the merpeople. I discovered that they can be quite friendly if you sing to them. Here’s a photograph of a young mermaiden I saw hiding in the weeds.
Note her clever use of gillyweed bubbles - she has attached them to her tail fin for buoyancy.
This was my first time crocheting anything like this - I just learned to crochet a circle for Divination. I am much more of a knitter and I already knew how to make knitted bobbles - I thought it would be fun to learn something new and have a go at Crochet Bobbles. I based my mermaid on a Crocheted Butterfly Necklace pattern from Crochet Me website and then used part of a crochet flower pattern to which I added crochet bobbles for the tail fin.