[HPforGrownups] Magical knitting, + Snape timeline mistake

[Adana Robinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 30968

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "auroraalma" <amendels at l...> wrote:
>In HP there are a lot of socks and sweaters . Could there be some kind of 
>magic knit into the sweaters or socks, some kind of
>protection. It would be really funny if that were a kind of armor in this 
>story.
>

I like this idea.  Needlework of all kinds has long been regarded as having 
magical qualities, not always good.  At one time it was believed that 
pregnant women should not crochet, quilt, etc., as the tying of knots in the 
string could cause problems with the birthing of the baby--sympathetic 
magic, I think it's called.

Another, opposite, view holds that good luck and protection can be woven 
into handmade items by the maker.  (While not believing in magic, I do a lot 
of crochet, and I like this idea.  If nothing else, making the item helps me 
focus on the recipient, and I can say a prayer for him/her as I work.)

Re the Snape spying timeline mistake...OOOPS!  Sorry!  Thanks to the 
better-informed people who pointed that out. :)

I still think the rest of the theory might work, though.  Snape would have 
an even better reason to feel guilty if he had tried and been unable to save 
James & Lily.

Adana

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