Spinner's End ---- From a different perspective

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 143766


> Ceridwen:
> Back to spiders and spinners.  Spinner's End, the chapter, street, 
> clue; Slughorn like a spider in the web of his Slug Club network; the 
> widow Zabini, likened by some to a black widow spider, weaving her 
> web for each new husband in turn; Snape the mirror to Anansi as 
> described, getting others to do his work, slithering out of his DE 
> obligations according to Bellatrix.  There's a lot of spider imagery 
> in HBP, not to mention the actual appearance of the late Aragog...

Potioncat:
In OoP young Snape is compared to a spider.
In HBP he spins his yarn early, then later knits Draco to health. 
Slughorn is also noted as having knitting patterns, and DD expresses an 
interest in knitting patterns.