Slytherin Sock Syndicate

  Day 1- Arthur Weasley  Arthur Weasley: The Muggle Enthusiast Arthur Weasley is a kind-hearted, well-meaning wizard, the father of seven children and husband to Molly Weasley. He is an employee of the Ministry of Magic, where he works in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office. His most defining trait is his lifelong, passionate fascination with the non-magical world, or the "Muggle" world. Unlike many wizards who view Muggles and their inventions with contempt or ignorance, Arthur is genuinely curious and respectful of their ingenuity. His famous question, "Tell me, what exactly is the function of a rubber duck?" highlights his bewilderment and earnest desire to understand even the most simple, yet apparently functionless, Muggle items Prompt 24 Rounds on SOCK A Knit CHART on SOCK A. Using Yellow for the duck and the color of a car you love for the background.

 # HEEL instructions incase you want to plot out your heel ahead of time or plot swapping it out for an alternate heel. (let us know the alternate heels if you use one, we'd like to be able to suggest them for those who don't like an afterthought heel) **HEEL** Heel placement  - you're going to want to measure your foot if you're doing toe up and place your afterthought heel stitches at 2 inches less than total foot length. doing top down, using a pre-knitted pair of socks - figure out how many rounds you normally do in a sock foot to fit  (like I know plain knitting my socks are 70 rounds for the foot)- subtract that number from 150 (that's the number of rounds in the whole sock - it does make a tall sock - there are points where the number of rounds match up and the socks can be stopped if you want shorter ones) this should give you a round count where you want to put your heel. you can then either put in a contrast colour (knit across the heel stitches and then p...

 # Alternative ways of knitting the advent KAL There are several different ways that you can knit the coming advent socks, some pick one of the daily colours and just knit stripes. this is a fun way to knit along if you want a low stress option. Some have split the socks into two pairs for shorter socks, others have turned them into fingerless mitts. We've had some stunning 2 colour versions over the years. In short we want you to enjoy it and there is no wrong to make these  This year for our Advent Sock KAL we would like to again offer to encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and try helical or helix knitting. This technique can use many colors or stick with just two. One way to have fun with your socks would be to carry your chosen house color from the toe or cuff throughout. The second (or more) color stripes would come from the daily prompt. Alternatively, you can choose to knit with the colors that would normally be used in the colorwork chart for that day. Give...

  For those of you that want to get your cuff/toes done ahead of the 1st - here are the instructions Starting instructions for toe up or cuff down. This year we will be doing colourwork again. You can choose to knit these from the toe or cuff, or one of each. We hope you have fun creating these unique socks! Reminder you do not have to do the colourwork, you can just do the stripes in one of the suggested colours each day, you could also choose to add a cable like we did a few years ago. there are no MKAL police here, we want you to have fun. Toe-Up Using either of your house colours or a good neutral, cast on 16 sts using Judy’s magic cast on (or preferred method for toe up) divide onto two needles (8 sts each). knit one round. inc round k1 m1r knit til last stitch on left needle m1l k1 x2. Repeat the increase round for 3 more rows then repeat it every other round until you have at least 60 sts. Check if it seems tight go up in 4st increments until it feels comfortable. If you int...

  Welcome to the 2025 Slytherin Sock Syndicate Advent Sock Our team is busy getting ready for December and our 10th annual sock MKAL  While we finish up november we wanted to give you a few bits and pieces. Clues aka sections will be released daily here on the Blog from the 1-24th December our team are in different parts of the world so we ask for patience if it takes a little longer to go up, but we're hoping to have them up as early in the day as possible. Links will be provided in the sock syndicate's  Ravelry thread  on each day as well, there is also the best place to ask questions, get help and chat with others. The socks can be knit either toe up or cuff down , it's up to you, they also end up long, if you have smaller feet you may decide to stop earlier, it's up to you, there are no hard and fast rules, one of our previous participants made them into fingerless gloves instead, we love the creativity, there is no wrong way to participate in this MKAL. We ...

Day 24 Mistletoe is an Ingredient in the Antidote to Most Poisons and the Forgetfulness Potion. Mistletoe is used as Christmas decoration and was part of the decorations in the Room of Requirement just before the Christmas holidays. Luna remarked that Nargles frequently infest mistletoe. Later, Harry and Cho Chang were alone under the mistletoe, and this time Harry brought up Nargles out of nervousness, but Cho laughed and they kissed. The Lovegoods have mistletoe growing on either side of their front door with a sign saying “PICK YOUR OWN MISTLETOE”. Prompt knit 1 row of the  CHART  on sock A, Using green for the leaves and white for the berries. its been an absolute honour and privilege to be a part of this wonderful year here in the sock syndicate and I want to personally thank all my sock loving snakey house mates and those who visit from other houses to come here and share in the love of all things socks! Thankyou for your lovely company and wisdom and for another absolut...

 Day 23. Slytherins tended to be ambitious, shrewd, cunning, strong leaders, and achievement-oriented. They also had highly developed senses of self-preservation. This means that Slytherins tended to hesitate before acting, so as to weigh all possible outcomes before deciding exactly what should be done. According to Albus Dumbledore, the qualities which Salazar valued in the students he had chosen included cleverness, resourcefulness, determination, and "a certain disregard for the rules". Dumbledore noted that all of these were qualities possessed by Harry Potter, who was a Gryffindor but was almost placed in Slytherin. Slytherins tended to take charge and possessed strong leadership skills. They were often self-assured and confident of their own competence and can be very loyal. What garden is complete without a garden snake?  PROMPT 2 Rounds on SOCK B Using Emerald Green, knit and purl the  CHART