'PUFF HOUSE QUIZ

Note if you are spoiling a 'puff you might want to check out these answers as some of the questions are about them.....

OK MY 'PUFFS HERE IS THE FIRST HOUSE QUIZ

ANSWER AS MANY OF THE QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE ON YOUR HP LINKED BLOG BY FRIDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT

THOSE WITH THE MOST CORRECT ANWERS WILL BE ENTERED IN A DRAWING FOR A SPECIAL PRIZE

The answers are all in your housemates blogs somewhere. ~F

note the questions in red are easy you are to answer them about yourself

1. Is from a muggle family and the first to attend Hogwarts?

2. When knitting socks you use dpn's, 2 circ, 1 circ 1 sock, 1 circ 2 socks?

3. Their owls name is Owlbert?

4. Beat Agatey Mirrofold in a contest?

5. Your favorite non 'puff color?

6. They learned to knit for a school play?

7. They got engaged last week?

8. One sentence/statement you would use to describe your stash?

9. Their best class is Divination?

10. Last term everyone thought you were your sibling?

11. When not going to Hogwarts your favorite thing to do is?

12. You have read the books, watched the movie or both?

13. Your family includes?

14. They have frogs in their room?

15. Has a dog named Kluane?

16. My favorite thing to knit is.

last a picture. please attach a picture of your Favorite Harry Potter Character. (this is practice for the Quidditch quizzes later.)

note since I know the answer I will only be answering the questions about me....

~F

The Wait Is Almost Over

The wait for your spoilee's sign up sheet is almost over. I must admit that I proudly wear the title of most technologically inept! I decided it was better to delete the duty of distributing the sign up sheets to a couple of Hogwarts' resident computer geniuses, Cecilia Kettleburn and Lavender Ackerly. With their most appreciated assistance, you should all have the sign up sheets by Friday. If you don't receive it, please contact your Prefect.

Hey, what can I say? It's a full time job being beautiful, funny and smart. You want me to throw computer literate into the mix? I think not!

Now...back to playing tour guide to a certain new professor.

To Ceciley

If you can find me on Rav and post a comment on the blog for you, I will send Slipper with it to you as soon as I see your comment.

Feeling Cheeky,
Elanor Cadogan

P.S. No asking anyone for help, Slytherin Girl. 8)

Professor Lufkin

There are days when being Deputy Headmistress is a chore. I have been given the unpleasant assignment of taking Professor Lufkin under my (Ravenclaw) wing and making him feel welcome at Hogwarts. I know, I know...a tough assignment but someone has to do it. Back off, ladies! I'm taking this assignment seriously. Madam Headmistress, you do know how to punish me, don't you.

Daily Prophet, Issue 5

Mailing Requirements
All U.S. residents are required to purchase Delivery Confirmation for your packages. You MUST send me the confirmation number after mailing your package. If you live in another country and are able to get some type of tracking information for your package this will suffice.

Those that email me with their confirmation numbers by July 11th will earn 5 points each for their House.

U.S. Flat Rate Boxes
Hopefully many of you know about this option, which the postal service provides. Flat Rate boxes!! Whatever you can fit into this box will only cost you $9.80 to ship, plus your Certified Mail or Certificate of Mailing fees. The joy of it is that you can get the boxes from the postal service for free. You can either order them online or visit your local postal site and request them in person. I hear that they also have a flat rate box for $12.95.



Prefect Assignments
Just so that you are aware of how we've structured things this term. Everyone has a house prefect assigned to them. This prefect will assign house quizzes, respond to questions that you may have, and act as the go-between between myself and the deputy head mistress. You will also have a prefect assigned to you that might not be in your house. The later prefect is the one that sent you your spoiler/spoilee assignments. This prefect will be the one that will be doing participation check ups if she receives a no-contact complaint from your spoiler. She will also be the one that does all the end-of-swap follow up.

Hogwarts Happenings

Over the next few days, hopefully, I will get the chance to visit some of your blogs, but in case I don't please feel free to use the comments of this post to bring particular blogs to my attention.

Hogwarts: A History II

Extra Lessons

Goodness me, when I saw the picture of our new Professor for Defense Against the Dark Arts, all that I ever knew about the subject mysteriously disappeared from my memory. I shall have to take extra lessons with the dishy Professor in order to recover this lost knowledge, I am sure he would welcome the opportunity of some extra income from private tuition!

Daily Prophet, Issue 4

Good day, students!

A few things of note this morning!

HSKS 5 Webring
We have a webring or blog ring, if you will! Please note the link to your left. The ring is a little different than the one we used for the previous swap, but you should be able to join the ring with no problems.

Communication
Most, if not all, of you should have heard from your prefects about who your swap partners are. If you haven't heard from either your spoiler or spoilee by Friday, May 16th, please inform your prefects of the matter.

Announcement List
Please remember to join the announcement list. If I should need to make announcements to all of Hogwarts this would be the best way for me to do it. Currently there are 64 members registered.

What's In The Kit?
What should be in your partners kit? We will stick to the theme of a 'kit,' so that means that even if their handmade item is something other than a bag, you will still send all of the below items:

A Handmade (by you!) item
This could be a bag, a scarf, or a journal.

New Knitting Needles
The type you send will depend on what type your pal likes and what the pattern calls for that you are sending in the kit.

A Knitting Accessory
A tape measure, stitch markers, row markers, or a row counter.

A Pattern
This could be a pattern for socks, a bag or a scarf

Yarn
Depending on what type of pattern you send you should send yarn to match. For example, if you are sending your pal a kit to make a bag, then send him/her yarn, needles, and a pattern to match.

Hogwarts Happenigs

This section of the Daily Prophet offers a story line for us to follow. Many times I will post about things in this section that will allow you to respond via your blogs. If you don't understand now, that's okay. Just watch the blogs of some of the returning students and I'm sure you'll catch on in no time.

For today I am posting the new class list and introducing a new professor for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

First Year Classes

• Astronomy
• Charms
• Defense Against the Dark Arts
• Herbology
• History of Magic
• Potions
• Transfiguration

Second Year Classes
Same classes as first years, but you may choose to also take one or two of the following:

• Ancient Runes
• Arithmancy
• Care of Magical Creatures
• Divination
• Muggle Studies

Third Year Classes
These are the same as the second year classes.

New Professor

Professor Cornelius Lufkin

More to come on our new professor later. First impressions are always welcomed.

Hogwarts: A History
Now, we shall commence with a short lesson.

ATTN HUFFLEPUFFS AKA 'PUFFS

Please remember to send me some facts about yourselves that can be found in your linked blog so I can create a great fun getting to know you quiz. There will be prizes... I am picking up so sock yarn by my favorite local Indie dyer you will love it.

sends facts to

madamferulafinnigan at gmail dot com

~f

Daily Prophet, Issue 3

Happy Weekend, students!!

Because sign ups for this term are now closed, let me take this opportunity to welcome you all to Hogwarts and the Hogwarts Sock Kit Swap 5! This term promises to be even better than the last with many new things popping into play. With much fun comes much responsibility, so there are a few things that I would like you to keep in the forefront of your minds in the coming weeks.

Blogging - This is an extremely important part of HSKS. You do not have to make your posts long. You just have to post. We need to know that you have HSKS and your swap partner on your mind. We don't know that if we do not see you among the 'halls' of Hogwarts. In the past some have snuck off to Hogsmeade or were captured by Death Eaters - never to be seen again. Their sudden absence would worry their house mates as well as their swap partners. Please don't let this happen to you this term. Stay close to Hogwarts and participate.

House Competition - Many at Hogwarts take the competition between houses very seriously and when their house mates do not participate in earning points for their house the competitive feel let down. There are weekly quizzes that give you fodder for posting as well as a story line that is usually carried on via the main blog, and sometimes carried over several blogs. Pay attention and you can easily be caught up in the mischievousness around here. House quizzes do not earn points for your house, but they do earn you the chance to earn one of the many prizes that will be given out this term.

The goal of this swap is to make new friends, receive a wonderful kit and, of course, win the Quidditch Tournament!!

Being Dropped From This Swap or Banned From Future Swaps
This is very important for everyone to understand. At Hogwarts we are very strict on teaching our students the importance of honorable character traits, such as integrity and honestly. We believe in a promise given is a promise to be held to. With that said

• If there is no post on your blog within a 14 day period you will be dropped from the swap. If you decide to post on the 15th day you will still be dropped from the swap. Allowances can be made, but there has to be a very good reason and communication between yourself, the prefects, and the headmistress is crucial.
• No contact + no posting = Dropped from the swap - No exceptions.
• If you do not contact your partner within a 14 day period you will be dropped from the swap. Please do not baulk! We are only asking that you have communication with your partner 2 times a month. That is not hard.
• If you do not send all the items required for your package you will be banned from future swaps.
• If your package arrives at it's destination after August 1st you will be banned from future swaps. This swap lasts two and a half months. That is plenty of time to complete your package and get in the mail so that it will reach it's destination in time.

As the swap draws to a close the prefects and I will be very active in our follow up - very active! So, the less you communicate about the status of your package the more emails you will receive from us. We absolutely hate the fact that anyone would not hold up their end of the bargain and fail to send a package or send a partial package. To encourage everyone to be diligent in getting their packages ready early we've set up Dumbledore's Army and will have several incentives to nudge you all along. This will be fun! You'll see.

Okay, that is the extent of my 'bad news - downer' messages for a while. Also, take note that most important messages will be posted here and not on Ravelry because there are a few members that found us through other swap notification sites.

Early House Points
These will be totaled and the results posted by Monday evening.

Questions? We have answers.
All of the prefects are second years with the exception of the Deputy Headmistress who is a 3rd year. So, any questions that you might have feel free to ask the prefects. If they cannot find the answer they will either ask me or Wisteria, the Deputy Headmistress.

International Students
This note is mainly for those living in Finland, Sweden, and Germany. If your name is linked to your muggle blog please write your posts in both your native language and in English. Your partner or house mates will have a hard time getting to know you if you do not post in English. Thank you!

Posting to This Blog
Everyone will receive an invitation to post to this blog between Sunday evening and Monday evening. Second years - I ask that you refrain from any word games for a while. We need to make sure that people are not missing the important messages from me and the prefects. Try to keep most of your posting on your own blogs - Thank you.

Mother's Day
I'm not sure if this is an International holiday or not, but definitely for those in the States tomorrow is Mother's Day. I hope that all of you who are mothers would have a wonderfully relaxing day!

Sign Ups Are Closed!

Just wanted to let everyone know that sign ups are now closed. Swap matches will be sent out between Saturday and Monday. It’s a busy weekend for many people in the states, so we might not all get a chance to send out the matches right away. So, be patient and you should know who your partner is by Monday.

Last Day to Make Changes

Good Morning Hogwart Students,

Is everyone ready to get this term started? I hope you've all been able to locate your dorm rooms and get to know your roommates. I know those moving staircases can be confusing at times, but I hope no one is wandering the halls completely lost. PLEASE take pity on the first years! We'd hate to start of the year with detentions!

Does everyone have their supplies? Books? Quills? Parchment? Cauldrons? Wands? If not, you only have a few days to hit Diagon Alley.

If anyone still wants to create a character blog and/or character email, or if any changes need to be made to current blogs and/or email address, you have until SUNDAY, MAY 11 Saturday, May 10th to do so. After that, no changes will be allowed.



And, if you know of anyone who is still interested in joining, sign ups will be accepted until midnight PST tonight.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact your Prefect, Headmistress Wartbobble or Deputy Headmistress Wisteria Lovegood.

Good luck!

Good Morning Slytherins and other houses!

I am posting a poll for the Slytherin housemates, please let me know when would be the best time for you to come to a chat! We would love to be able to get everyone together and get plans made for the term. Please cast your vote here!

Daily Prophet, Issue 2

Hello, everyone!

We only have a little less than a week to go before the swap begins. I can definitely feel the excitement in the air. The halls are bustling with activitiy! Please make sure that you use this time to get acquainted with each other. I've already read some interesting stories on the blogs of new and returning students. Your house will not receive points for blogging until the swap begins, but you might as well begin your blogging regimen now.

Early House Points
You can earn some early House points by writing up an advertisement on your muggle blogs. You must include a link to the Main HSKS Site and the HSKS 5 logo. The idea is that we'll be able to attract more muggles to the swap if they read your blogs.

Almost a Full House
I will continue to keep track of the House numbers in the post below this one. It is exciting to see the evenness of the House numbers. This will ensure that Quidditch will truly be exciting this term!

Dueling Club
You will be able to sign up for the Dueling Club one week after the swap begins. Please see the Dueling Club page for more information on what this activity entails.

Announcement Mail
Please see the link to the left. I am asking that everyone joins this mailing list, which I will use to make school-wide announcements. A few of you have already joined - thank you! Now the rest of you must follow suit.

Registration Update

Hello, everyone!

Current House Numbers

Gryffindor - 24

Hufflepuff - 25

Ravenclaw - 25

Slytherin - 23

New Students Sign Up!

The time has arrived!!!
New students may now use this

Port Key is Closed!

to sign up!!!
Don't knock each other down!