Hi, My mum has a book on Harry Potter cross stitch patterns, I am not sure which patterns are in there, but I am pretty sure that there are some in there for the Gryffindor crest as well as many others, as she is making a travel blanket for my brother in law. I am looking for anything to do with cute monkeys or hippo's as well as motorbikes. We am happy to trade patterns or just generally help out if some one can point us in the right direction. Please don't hesitate to email me with any questions, we also have a very wide selction of other patterns. Thanks

Littledog, yes indeed, Britta's web site is chock full of great ideas! I didn't want folks missing out on her elaborate party preparations. Gellchom, hmmm... a modified form of Quidditch, eh? Well, how much room do you have, and what age group would be playing? (Big difference if these are five year olds in a backyard, or college students letting off steam. :-) I'm sure it's possible to come up with something.

When I was 10 we visited my grandparents in Maryland for Christmas. They lived out in the country and it had snowed. since we didnt have snow boots, coming from AZ- she drove us to a little thrift shop to look for boots.( the Surprise Shop is still there btw) There were quite a few Bobbsey Twins books- my Grandma asked me if I had ever read them and I said no. She bought them for me. Back to the house and I started reading and got hooked. Also Old Mother West Wind Books were a favorite of mine as a kid- I found the whole set at a yard sale for $2 . BTW- these books were ancient before I read them! Somehow I only had antique books that my Mom and Dad had as kids. My Dad had a set of My Bookshelf(not sure of title) green books.These are hands down my favorites. Grimm fairy tales, fables, etc. The pictures inside are that orange and green ink.

Hi I'm new to the forum but I've been dying to post what I think is coming to book 7... also forgive me if this has already been mentioned :). 1.) I truely believe Snape is still on the good side for a couple of reasons: a.) I think Snape was in love with Lily. It's kind of hinted in book 5 when Harry was in Snape's memory and Lily came to Snape's rescue. I think the only reason he said that nasty remark to her was because he was embarassed that he just showed HER and the other kids on the lawn his dirty undies and was made a fool by his competion. This is probably why James (had a hunch about Snape's feelings for her) and Siris (100% loyalty to James) hated Snape so much and why Snape hates James/Siris. Also, he probably hates Harry so much (not because his father saved his life and was jerk to him) because Harry is a walking/talking reminder Lily picked JAMES (in every book it remarks how Harry looks exactly like James. So everytime Snape looks at Harry he sees Lily in Harry's eyes and her decsion for a husband in Harry's other physical characteristics). b.) You have to admit, JKR was seriously setting up for everyone to hate Snape. I mean it was TOO built up to make everyone think he's on the dark side. Just seems like her to give us a twist. Plus, in EVERY book so far Snape has been Harry's number one suspect except book 6 when he's hunches are seemed to be confirmed... but are they? c.) It seems to me like DD was begging Snape in book 6 to kill him like he promised (if you remember Hagrid caught them fighting about something Snape didn't want to do). d.) JKR seems to be building Snape up for this great... whatever its called where he can shut out his thoughts and feelings from others... and I bet he can also do that against Vold. Why else is he the PERFECT spy? Its not secret Snape is a very powerful wizard and amazing abilities. e.) Last reason (there might be more but this is all I can think of =P) Snape did two things on the Hogwarts lawn... first he prevented Harry from performing the unforgivable curse. Well, you might say "well duh Snape didn't want to die or be tortured" but that comes to the second thing Snape did on the lawn. He didn't kill Harry. Some think that this might be because Voldamort had other plans for Harry and was ordered to not harm him, but I don't think that was it at all. Vold got what he needed from Harry in the 4th book and he couldn't get what he need in the 5th book (which he also needed Harry for). I honestly think Snape was keeping Harry from harm and keeping him from going to Azkaban. 2.) R.A.B. I have two ideas who this is. The first one is Siris' brother. I think it mentioned that his initials are Relmus A. Black (sorry if I botched his first name... but it starts with a "R" anyways). If you remember from book 5, a heavy lockit was found by Siris and he pitched it in the bag AND Remus was killed by the Dark Lord for wanting to back out... but they never got into the details...