Snowflake Challenge, Day 5, Plus Minerva Doll

Day 5

In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing.

What a perfect way for me to combine the Snowflake Challenge with a personal project dear to me: documenting the lovely Minerva doll knitted for me by talesofsnape.

So talesofsnape is my creator of choice for this challenge. Not only does she write fine fan fiction of her own, but she moderates the one_bad_man comm, AND she is exceptionally talented as a knitter and designer. To wit. . .

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( Poppy Has a New Year's Idea. . . )

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The following Saturday found Minerva in her rooms, looking at the new clothing spread on her bed. "You don't expect to do 'downward dog' in your teaching robes, do you?" Rolanda had demanded a few days earlier. "You'll need proper yoga gear, Min."

Downward Dog? Poppy had never told her that yoga included dogs. Her cat senses began to bristle.

"I don't -- " Minerva had begun, but Rolanda had waved her away. "Leave it to me," she said. "I'll get you the perfect outfit."

Since she and Rolanda did not always share the same notion of "perfect," it was not without some trepidation that Minerva unwrapped the box from Runhard's Sports Shoppe. But she needn't have feared: Ro had done her proud. The yoga outfit looked both comfortable and decorous, and it appeared to have nothing to do with dogs.

Quickly, Minerva donned the ( light green yoga top and. . .bloomers )

, she supposed they would be called. Such a restful colour, and very comfortable indeed, as were the sensible work-out shoes.

But she drew the line at walking the corridors in this kit. Minerva considered herself a strong femiwitch, and of course she had no objection to the idea of women wearing trousers, no matter how the practice might have been frowned upon in her youth. Still, she believed that the Head of Hogwarts, male or female, had a standard of dignity to maintain (no star-spangled purple robes during her tenure as headmistress, thank you) -- a standard that did not really allow for yoga clothes outside of a yoga studio.

Luckily, Rolanda knew her well (after all, they'd been together for thirty years) and had provided a ( lovely matching skirt )

. As for covering up her top, here was the perfect opportunity to wear ( the beautiful green over-robe )

that Rolanda had knitted her for Christmas. It came as a surprise to many people that Rolanda relaxed by knitting, but over the years, all her friends (not to mention her lover) had received the gorgeous results of Ro's down-time. Minerva, who had little patience for such delicate work, was in awe of ( Rolanda's skill with elegant details )

Suitably garbed at last, Minerva left her quarters to head for the "exercise studio" that Poppy had established in an empty classroom. The mirrors for the walls, the exercise barre, and the large pile of yoga mats, blocks, and balls had turned out to be less expensive than Minerva had feared; the "supplies" budget had covered the cost easily.

The yoga shoes hugged her feet without pinching, the bloomers provided welcome warmth against the chill of the season, and Minerva found herself actually looking forward to the chance to stretch her muscles and cleanse her mind and to help students do the same. This yoga plan might be a good idea of Poppy's after all.

Just as long as it didn't involve any dogs.