Check-In Post April 26th 2024

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: We all make mistakes - what's your most memorable crafting disaster?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[althea_valara]

I didn't know there is gaming themed crafting, that sounds awesome!

Oh boy, is there ever! I both do crafting that is inspired by video games, and play in a crafting game.

Crafting inspired by video games!

I'm a HUGE fan of the Final Fantasy franchise and have made +checks Ravelry+ 45 projects related to it. Probably my favorite/most impressive item is a doll I made of one of my characters from Final Fantasy XIV, wearing a particular outfit from the game that everyone went nuts for. (seriously, everyone was drawing their characters in the outfit. Well, I can't draw but I *CAN* knit, so I knitted it instead.) I completed designed both the doll and her outfit myself, based on their in-game appearance. I had to learn how to do box pleats and bottom-up raglans to knit her outfit. It wasn't easy but I did it!





A crafting game - Nerdopolis

Nerdopolis is a crafting game on Ravelry. If you're a knitter, crocheter, weaving, spinner, or dyer, we'd love to have you join us!

Each tournament lasts three months, and each month, we get several themes to craft to. Your task is to make something related to the theme somehow. You can also then tie it to your team's nerdery for Nerd Cred, which enters you into a drawing for PRIZES!

For an example: Say we had a challenge relating to architecture. I choose to knit a pink arch lace bookmark. I first tie it to the challenge by saying the lace in my bookmark looks like the St. Louis arch, then I get Nerd Cred by saying the pink color of my bookmark reminds me of the Aurore armor set from Final Fantasy XI, which is also pink. Since I play on Team Co-op which is related to games of all sorts, Final Fantasy XI (a video game) is part of my team’s scope.

It's a lot of fun, and some folks really enjoy figuring out how to fit what they were going to make anyway into a month's theme. You can either play as an individual player (a Rogue, we call them) or on a team. Here's a link to our group: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/nerdopolis

There's also the Ravellenic Games, in which people craft stuff during the Olympics. That doesn't have themes to craft to, just categories like Sweaters, Blankets, Hats, etc. I usually run a team for the Ravellenics in Nerdopolis' group, so folks can double-dip and get points in both Games.

[illariy]

Oooh, your Final Fantasy character is so cool! I've never played that game but one of my penpals is hugely into it and it is such a classic game, too. Fascinating that you can't draw but you can knit! The character came out so life-like and cute. I do love outfit, too, hehe.

Nerdopolis sounds like such fun! Thank you for the invitation, that is so kind! :D I learned to knit, crochet, weave and do some simple spinning with a handspindle as a child but haven't done any fibre arts in decades. I'm wanting to get back into it but I don't do well with deadlines, hehe. Partly because I already have a lot of those through studying at uni again and partly because my time for hobbies comes and goes in waves. The challenges sound very creative and nerdy, though. If I ever finish my studies and have more time, I'm going to see if you folks are still active. ;-)