Naked house elves/questions

[Tammy]

No: HPFGUIDX 120174


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <steve51445 at a...> wrote:
> 
> >Jeanette:
> >  Where do house elves get their clothes?  If no one can give a 
> >house elf clothes I guess they must make their own. Are their 
> >families allowed to give them the cloth?  Do they have to scavenge 
> >discarded rags?
> 
>  Steve here:
> 	I've always thought that the elves scrounged their clothes from
> scraps, maybe passed down from generation to generation. After all,
a badly
> clothed house elf is still better than a naked one.

Tammy:

Is it possible that house elves are allowed to make their own clothing
from scraps of fabric, or towels (such as the Hogwarts towels?)?
Obviously the Malfoys weren't very nice, so Dobby had little to choose
from. 

-Tammy