The Harry Potter Knitting/Crochet House Cup has members of all ages from all over the world and all stages of life. Language and behavior are expected to be clean and PG/PG-13 in posts and chat. Remember that context can help draw the line between what is appropriate and what is not.
As a group on Ravelry, we are subject to their Community Guidelines and Terms of Service. Note that personal attacks and hate speech are not tolerated here or anywhere on Ravelry. If you see something that concerns you or violates the rules, please flag the post and/or message a moderator to deal with it. Failure to follow these rules may result in disciplinary measures. Behavior that breaks Ravelry's ToS or CG may result in getting banned from Ravelry.
The staff of the House Cup consists entirely of crafters who have volunteered their time and expertise to make this game happen. No one gets paid, and we all have real lives and responsibilities outside of the House Cup and Ravelry. We also enjoy eating, sleeping, and making stuff.
No advertising (i.e. self-promotion) except in Diagon Alley, and only in accordance with the established rules there. There is a fine line between telling your friends about what you do and self-promotion.
Tone is hard to convey with text. Give others consideration in your writing as well as when you read what they have written.
Projects turned in must be made by the student. If a student who requires assistance as a reasonable accommodation gets that assistance from another person, then that is acceptable. There is no need to get permission for that type of accommodation.
In addition, if a minuscule amount of work went into a project from someone else for any reason, we do not disqualify the project based on the technicality that the student did not do every bit of work for the project. As long as the student has done so much of the project that they feel like the sole author of the project, they can claim that project as their own for points. Click here for examples of what is considered an acceptable amount of help.
Note: a student may a finish project that someone else started and turn in the finished object for Detention.
Projects turned in must be started and finished within the time frame designated by the type of assignment. Every student sorted into a House at the beginning of a term is expected to turn in one class assignment per month. This is the requirement to earn priority in the next Sorting. The time zone for all times and dates is Pacific Time in the United States. We follow Daylight Saving Time according to the schedule in the United States. If you are unsure what time it is, please click here.
Class assignments must be started, finished, and turned in within one calendar month. For example, an October class project must be started on or after October 1st, and it must be finished and turned in on or before October 31st. Partial class projects must be started on October 1st at the earliest and turned in on October 31st at the latest. Partial class projects do count for sorting priority.
Double-dipping is not permitted. Each completed project can be submitted one time only. Partial classes cannot be submitted to Detention until the following month--a Partial for February cannot be submitted to Detention until March. A partial Mission, however, can be submitted to Detention within the same month.
A project may be used for points in a class, Quidditch, Advanced Studies, or special challenges only once! Detention is not a class, and therefore a project turned in for partial points in a class may later be submitted for finishing points in Detention.
A student may only submit one project for each class assignment. Projects may consist of multiple items in the same turn-in.
Pictures or it didn't happen. In order for a project to count, you must post a still picture of that project in the thread for that challenge. The picture needs to show the entire project on a flat surface. Additional pictures that serve as close-ups or glamour shots are welcome, but nor required. Pictures in your project page don't count; the pictures need to be posted in the thread. If you wish to complete a project that, for whatever reason, cannot be publicly posted on Ravelry, you will need to 1) create a placeholder post containing your name and House in the class thread and 2) message a picture of the project to the professors of the class. BOTH of these steps must be completed BEFORE the deadline.
Note: If you want the potential for bonus points from all the professors, refs, etc., you need to send the photo to all of them. However, for grading, it at least needs to be sent to the Lead.
"Ravelry crafts" are knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, and dyeing of materials for Ravelry crafts or products of Ravelry crafts. Non-ravelry crafts are sometimes accepted at the professors' discretion. We have produced some guidelines on non-Ravelry crafts to assist students, and it is good to ask the professors in the relevant classes concerned if you need more advice.
Projects turned in for Quidditch, Headmistress Challenge, Detention, or Advanced Studies must be finished. Partial projects are allowed only for class assignments but will receive fewer points.
Blanket motifs: In general, component parts of a larger object are not accepted as Finished Objects in the Cup. The exception to this is for blankets. Squares and other geometric and/or tessellating motifs for blankets can be turned in for classes as finished objects. Any size is acceptable, but blanket motifs must follow all other rules for finished projects.
Please refer to the What counts as finished page for more details regarding HPKCHC project turn-in requirements.
Each class provides the opportunity to earn 5 points for partial credit, 15 base points for full credit, and bonus points at the professors' discretion. However, there is a maximum cap of 90 partial and base points per student per month in classes. This cap is intended to help distribute the teaching load for the professors.
Please read class assignments and FAQ carefully before asking questions. The staff tries to add clarifying information to the assignment as it comes up to help minimize repeat questions.