24. Gryffindor Wins (Harry Potter Art Yarn Advent Calendar)

"There are all kinds of courage," said Dumbledore, smiling. "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom."  [...]  
"Which means, Dumbledore called over the storm of applause, for even Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were celebrating the downfall of Slytherin, "we need a little change of decoration."  He clapped his hands. In an instant, the green hangings became scarlet and the silver became gold; the huge Slytherin serpent vanished and a towering Gryffindor lion took its place. 

- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

Description: I picked up the colours and fibre types from the Gryffindor yarn (day 10), but made the yarn smoother, and I added a lion charm to it as well as several genuine pyrite beads which shimmer golden. They add a festive touch to this final advent calendar art yarn.
Fibre Types: merino wool, mulberry silk, linen
Colours: red, yellow 
Add-Ins: red thread, pyrite beads, lion charm

23. The Stone (Harry Potter Art Yarn Calendar)

"This mirror is the key to finding the Stone," Quirrell murmured, tapping his way around the frame. "Trust Dumbledore to come up with something like this... but he's in London... I'll be far away by the time he gets back...."  All Harry could think of doing was to keep Quirrell talking and stop him from concentrating on the mirror. 

- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

 

Description: I wanted to capture the dark and ominous situation in this yarn, so I chose dark colours (grey and black), and I added streaks of bright red as a hint of the stone as well as the danger. I spun in flat silver sequins to represent the Mirror of Erised, and a large faceted garnet bead to represent the stone, which is described as blood red.
Fibre Types: bluefaced leicester wool, linen, viscose, mulberry silk
Colours: greys, black, red
Add-Ins: black thread, flat silver sequins, faceted garnet bead

22. As For Me, I'll Be a Knight (Harry Potter Art Yarn Advent Calendar)

They were standing on the edge of a huge chessboard, behind the black chessmen, which were all taller than they were and carved from what looked like black stone. Facing them, way across the chamber, were the white pieces. Harry, Ron and Hermione shivered slightly -- the towering white chessmen had no faces. 

- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

 
Description: Colour choices and distribution are kind of obvious again - I spun the yarn so the colours alternate. I was very happy when I found these knight chess charms in my favourite charms shop and ordered them immediately, so there is one of those in the yarn :-)
Fibre Types: bluefaced leicester wool
Colours: black, white
Add-Ins: silver thread, chess knight charms

21. Winged Keys (Harry Potter Art Yarn Advent Calendar)

"They're not birds!" Harry said suddenly. "They're keys! Winged keys -- look carefully. So that must mean..." he looked around the chamber while the other two squinted up at the flock of keys. "... yes -- look! Broomsticks! We've got to catch the key to the door!"  

- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

 

Description: I had to read the scene again to decide on colours, but once I did it was obvious: the key in questions is described as having bright blue wings, so I decided on blues for the wings, and greys for the castle walls of the chamber. I added blueish-turquoisish silk strips to emphasize the wings further, and I spun in silver key charms, too.
Fibre Types: merino wool
Colours: greys, blues
Add-Ins: turquoise silk strips, key charms

20. Mars is Bright Tonight (Harry Potter Art Yarn Advent Calendar)

“Listen, I'm glad we've run inter yeh, Ronan, 'cause there's a unicorn bin hurt -- you seen anythin'?"  Ronan didn't answer immediately. He stared unblinkingly upward, then sighed again.  "Always the innocent are the first victims," he said. "So it has been for ages past, so it is now."  "Yeah," said Hagrid, "but have yeh seen anythin', Ronan? Anythin' unusual?"  "Mars is bright tonight," Ronan repeated, while Hagrid watched him impatiently. "Unusually bright." 

 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

Description: This was one of the first scenes / sentences wich came into my head when I started planning this advent calendar. Originally I intended to incorporate it in the Forbidden Forest yarn, just as streaks of red and maybe red beads, but then I thought it was too good to be a secondary object only. The colour choice was again obvious, and I added some golden thread because Mars actually flimmers and kind of sparkles when you look at it, and this seemed to capture the effect nicely. I added faceted, firepolished glass beads and tiny matte glass beads with a silver core - all in red.
Fibre Types: merino wool, tussah silk, angelina
Colours: red (and gold sparkle)
Add-Ins: golden thread, faceted red glass beads, tiny red glass beads with matte surface and silver core

19. The Forbidden Forest (Harry Potter Art Yarn Advent Calendar)

He led them to the very edge of the forest. Holding his lamp up high, he pointed down a narrow, winding earth track that disappeared into the thick black trees. A light breeze lifted their hair as they looked into the forest.  "Look there," said Hagrid, "see that stuff shinin' on the ground? Silvery stuff? That's unicorn blood.” 

- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

 

Description: I tried to portray the darkness, denseness and complexity of the forbidden forest. I chose different tones and shades of green (some mossy, some more in the direction of pine trees), dark brown, and black - and I added some white linen and silver angelina to represent the unicorn and unicorn blood. I spun in green thread strung with black glass beads with a rainbowy shimmer, and black leaf sequins, which also have a kind of shimmer to them.
Fibre Types: merino wool, mulberry silk, linen, alpaca, angelina
Colours: different tones and shades of green; brown, white
Add-Ins: green thread, black glass beads with a rainbowy finish, black shimmering leaf sequins

18. Norbert (Harry Potter Art Yarn Advent Calendar)

All at once there was a scraping noise and the egg split open. The baby dragon flopped onto the table. It wasn't exactly pretty; Harry thought it looked like a crumpled, black umbrella. Its spiny wings were huge compared to its skinny jet body, it had a long snout with wide nostrils, the stubs of horns and bulging, orange eyes.

- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

Description: I chose black viscose fibre for this yarn, as it is shinier than wool and much less fuzzy. It seemed a good choice for the jet black, leathery dragon and has a nice sheen to it. I added a dragon charm, and some large-ish orange glass beads to represent the eyes. 
Fibre Types: viscose
Colours: black
Add-Ins: black thread, orange beads (matte with silver core), dragon charm