Can house-elves wear clothes?

To symbolise this, they usually wore makeshift clothes made with found objects such as pillowcases and rags. These clothes could become quite filthy, and yet the house-elf would not clean their clothes to further express that they had no needs which were not specifically commanded to them by the master.

How do house-elves get new clothes?

A house elf is free only when a cloth is passed on physically by its owner to their hand. They could just lay down their clothes and ask the elf to pick them up and go on with laundry.

Can Houselves do laundry?

Yes. House-elves can do laundry for their masters without getting freed.

Who washes the clothes at Hogwarts?

The laundry was a location at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where students’ clothes were washed. It was presumably run by the Hogwarts house-elves.

Do house-elves want to be free?

House-elves are the invisible backbone of the wizarding community, forced to do work against their bidding and passed along in wealthy families as property. The majority of the house-elves in the Harry Potter series don’t want to be free. They love to work and find the idea of wages insulting.

Are there house-elves at Hogwarts?

A veritable legion of house-elves were enlisted by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They worked in the kitchens, preparing feasts for the entire school. They also moved trunks and baggage to and from rooms, cleaned dormitories, and presumably other areas of the castle as well.

How is laundry done in Harry Potter?

There are three possibilities of how wizard laundry gets done: the house elves, by hand, or by magical means. When Harry inquires about the dirty tea towel wrapped around Dobby’s waist, he is told that clothing is the key to a house elf’s freedom. Now, house elves are like the Muggle equivalent of maids.

Do girls get their periods at Hogwarts?

Witches don’t get periods. They lay eggs.