House elves question

[jasmine]

No: HPFGUIDX 174595

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "que_44601" <que_44601 at ...> wrote:
>
> I wondered about this. In DH, the house elves were fighting in the
> kitchen. But, didn't Hermione knit clothing for the house elves,
> therefore making them free? Did Hogwarts then do without the house
> elves or just go out and get more? Didn't anyone know that it was
> Hermione that was freeing them? Shouldn't she have gotten into trouble
> for making the house elves free?


Dobby took all the things that Hermione knitted (he showed up one time
with dozens hats on his head), the other house elves refused to clean
Gryffindor common room because of it.  No Hogwarts' house elves were
freed.


jasmine