Tuesday, 11 June 2019

A little bit of magic


Between working full time, piano lessons, proofreading a historic novel and gardening, there's been less time to stitch lately.  One project has been completed but I cannot reveal it just yet so keep your eyes peeled in the next couple of weeks.

In the meantime, I've been working on this wee fella.



He's a mandrake from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

The young mandrakes are repotted during a Herbology class with Professor Sprout.  When pulled from their pots they emit a shrill scream, rendering Neville Longbottom unconscious due to "neglecting his earmuffs"

The screams from mature specimens can be fatal.

The Mandrake is a magical plant with powerful restorative properties that form an essential element of many antidotes, including the draft used after the petrification of Mrs Norris, Colin Creevey, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the ghost of Nearly Headless Nick, Penelope Clearwater and Hermione Granger (and 50 years earlier, Moaning Myrtle who died).

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