We must be more careful with our yarns in the future, Precious. When we throws them all together in the same bag they tangle and the needleses might come out. Gollum.
Tournament #3 of Nerd Wars, a knitting/crocheting/spinning competition for nerds, started on October 1, and I am proud to be competing as a member of Team Precious (the Lord of the Rings team) this time around. I have ideas for three out of six challenges so far, two of which are taking shape. Things have been dreadfully slow at Job #1 so I am getting a lot of knitting done there. (Hand-sewing is too bulky to take.)
The Technical category challenge is “Colortastic”—basically one must use two or more yarns that are different colours. A variegated yarn only counts as one. So I am doing colourwork socks, which will also count for our Team Unity Project. (Socks for Hobbit feet.) Team Spirit tie-in is Mirkwood.
The Scientific challenge is “Prehistory”—we have to make something somehow related to something prehistoric, like dinosaurs or cavemen. Since Middle-earth’s prehistory has actually been invented and written down, I’m doing a pair of mittens inspired by Cuviénen and the awakening of the Elves.
I will explain what the heck Lord of the Rings gibberish I am talking as the projects come off the needles.
