[HPFGU-OTChatter] We can't all be Hermione! and Dyed skirts

[Sherry Garfio]

Kimberly Davidson wrote:
> I have auburn hair, and in the future, if my sister wants to dress up with me
> (she is another HP freak and has brown hair, but this year she can't go
> because she'll be away at school, and can't get home on a Thursday) she can
> be Hermione and I will be Ginny.

Or you could be Lily and Petunia, if your sister is really skinny.  As a side
note, repeat after me: "I'm a *fan*, not a freak; I'm a *fan*, not a freak..."

And poor Melody wrote with great difficulty using her good arm:
> you have to stir the thing for
> 30 minutes *constantly* for both sessions.  Did you know if you stir 3
> gallons of water with a wooden spoon for a full hour *constantly*, you
> arm will being to seize up and take your shoulder with it?
<snip>
> Melody
> Who wonder why Petunia thought it would be easier to dye Harry's
> uniform rather than just get new ones.

Well, you only have to stir the pot if you care whether or not it turns out
splotchy, and I'm guessing that the splotchier Harry's clothes are, the happier
Petunia will be. ;->

For the future reference of anybody who wants to dye something, I've used the
washing machine method a couple of times with good success (after using the pot
method and then needing 3 days to recover the use of my arm :-) ).  You use the
"small" load size and hot water, and toward the end of the agitation cycle,
open the lid so that it doesn't rinse right away.  The drawback is that my
smallest load size on my washer uses quite a bit more water than the pot
method, so if you want a dark color you will probably have to use 2 packages of
dye.  I also make it a point to either run the washer empty before washing
clothes, or make sure that the next load I do is dark colors.  I haven't
stained anything... yet.

Sherry


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