SOCKS: Was: Re: What Dumbledore saw in the Mirror of Erised

[dudemom_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 78184

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "David Paterson" 
<david_p at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Peggy" <pegruppel at y...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > Really, I think the socks are just part of the humor.  Socks are 
> > funny.  <<snip>>  I don't believe that the socks keep making 
guest appearances except as a source of giggles. After all, Dobby 
said he needs to be given clothes, but who'd have thought it would 
be a single, icky, soggy sock that would do it?  JKR is just having 
fun.
> > 
> > Peg
> 
> Or, look at the Lexicon for another take on Socks in Harry Potter:
> 
> http://www.hp-lexicon.org/socks.html
> 
> David P.

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As a long time knitter I have to say there is a lot more to socks 
that there appears (and not just the knitting part)! JKR wouldn't 
mention such a mundane item unless there was something in it. I 
think the socks are important in some way. Also I think the sweaters 
Molly knits for the Weasleys (and Harry) are important too. Maybe 
she knits some sort of protection into them. Also maybe that is 
another reason she was so upset that Percy returned his sweater - 
possibly he is without an important protection now.

Dudemom_2000 who has knitted every one of the sweaters in the books 
and was vastly disappointed the sweater in OoP was not described but 
is steadily knitting the socks now.....

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