Holiday Break
With a whole week and a half without having to do much related to my day job, you would have thought that I could have gotten a good deal of knitting accomplished. I could have finished up Fitzgerald. I could have turned my Shimmer 5 from Margot into Cerys. Maybe I could finish up one of the lingering pairs of socks in my side bar.
Heh. The answer to all of that would be, uh, no. Although I bought Neverwinter Nights almost 2 years ago when it first came out, I never got around to finishing it. Guess what this role playing junkie was spending most of her past week doing?*
Well, I actually did a few other things. With my whole family in town, I couldn't just spend the entire week in front of my computer. In addition to heading out to the Spice House (just three words for you: Lavendar Vanilla Sugar), I also got one small knitting project started and finished up: my scarf in the Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk that I bought from Knitting Workshop a while back.
Two skeins gets you about 5 feet by 4 inches in the K3 P2 rib that makes up the Lace Rib Pattern. I pulled the pattern stitch out of Barbara Walker's A Treasury of Knitting Patterns, but after knitting a few rows, it occurred to me that I had seen this stitch pattern somewhere before.
I think it's a little easier to see the actual pattern in the Alpaca Silk than it was in the Bergamo. It's certainly a nice way to spice up a little ribbing without making it to challenging.
The Alpaca Silk is very easy and pleasant to knit with and I did very nicely on the US Size 10.5 needles that I chose. It think it has lovely stitch definition and it has that little bit of shine that gives the scarf a little something special. Unfortunately, the alpaca also gives it a little something itchy... a great disappointment for me. I suspect that this would not be a problem for most other people. I'm just very sensitive to that sort of thing.
So in the spirit of my role playing computer game holiday**, I created a little picture of me and the scarf (my usual photographer is fighting off a bit of a flu bug).
Unforutnately, the scarf made it's saving throw and I'm all out of scrolls for that spell. Looks like this scarf is going to require a turtleneck. Guess I'll just have to get out my +5 Needles of Scarf Knitting and start something new.***
*Not only that, but I actually sent my husband out on an errand to find the expansion packs for the game while he was out shopping for New Year's day dinner... the old D&D junkie is back...
**Whenever I play these games, I usually play magic users of some kind. My current character is a half-elf sorcerer.
***Apologies to those for whom this makes no sense. My insanity will only be temporary. To those of you for whom it does make sense, you can share your special knitting weapons, armor and spells in the comments if you want to play along.
A big thank you to whomever out there nominated me for this. I don't expect to win anything, but it means a lot to me that someone out there took the time to nominate me. Y'all are very nice folks!
human paladin of World of Warcraft here ;) in my case, the picture would be called "trying to feal itching scarf", but even though I've reached level 21, I'm not sure it would work *lol*
happy roleplaying!
Elisabeth
Runescape knitter here. Great to see knitting gamers like me
Mona
Casts Stoneskin to stop itching, wonders if a dip in Potion of Conditioner would remove some itching. Personally go the Grey Druid - I get a great big panther.
I'd cast Protection from Evil in an attempt to thwart the itchies and then quaff a few potions of healing if the effort failed. I suppose it could be used to strangle a monster or rescue someone in the party who fell down a well. Lovely scarf, I like the lace rib.
I'm more into urban fantasy RPG than the D&D stuff... Maybe Sensitive Skin is a character flaw that bought you some cool edge during character creation? :)
I'm another fan of the magic-users in NWN, although I did have a great time creating an epic Weapon Master a while ago. (The two expansions are awesome, by the way.)
You may also want to try a Barkskin potion, or a new kind of armor. Oh, or a nice wizardly robe. :)
Hmmm. Perhaps create a set of nanobots that would run along the scarf and coat any protruding hair over 16 microns with a soft, transparent covering.
Hmmm. That'd take 5 weeks with my Gadgettering Skill at 16, assuming I made my roll... hold on... YES! Ok, so in five weeks, the scarf won't itch... Man, I'm so glad I took Ambidextrous and microvision. Really helps picking up stitches!
I'm a GURPS RPer by choice, though I'm playing a six footed weasel creature in one game, and I Tiefling in the Worlds Largest Dungeon (http://www.hillcity-comics.com/role_play/3rd/aeg8523.htm. Nearly 1,000,000 words and 100 maps of adventure in the largest dungeon gaming has ever known!) in D&D...
Wow, I admit, I have no idea what you're talking about. It sounds pretty funny though! I still, in my ignorance, think that picture looks cool. I wish I could throw magic fireballs!
ROTFLMAO! Y'all are just way too funny! Where are those Barkskin potions when I need them? I certainly have a zillion of them stashed away in my inventory that I keep forgetting to use...
As to throwing magic fireballs, all you need is a good mirror and a camera with a strong flash held at the right angle... photographic magick that almost anyone can make!
I don't know if I was the first one to nominate you for the Blog Mechanics award, but I did vote for you. :)
I've never actually given D&D attributes to any of my crafting tools, but I wouldn't game without them!
The scary thing is I know exactly what you are talking about. After I dropped off the face of the earth for 2 whole weeks last time I played a RPG, I had to quit cold turkey. It is just too addicting for me. Knitting is much safer in that I don't forget to eat or sleep and I can be sociable while doing it.
So, you do play this game just on your own computer, or on-line with others?
Clearly, I know nothing....
Fishing paladin and stealthy thief in Ultima Online, myself, though my tank mage comes out of the closet when it's time to auction off rares, as his name is the most well-known on the shard. My "mule" could tinker you up a sewing kit, but no magic knitting needles, darn it! Hmmm.... maybe I can suggest it to the GMs for the next expansion. "Knitters of Sosaria" certainly has a ring to it, and I know many of my fellow players knit as well.
My DH strong-armed me into getting a second game (Sims 2) in the belief that if I had two games, I wouldn't nag him so much about the excessive time he spends online with Worlds of Warcraft. At least we spend most of our time in the same room... him roleplaying and me knitting!
You're in for a real treat with Hordes of the Underdark. It's the best RPG I've played in years. Would you believe it only took Bioware five months to develop?
Once you're done with the expansions, check out the Hall of Fame of player-made modules. There's hardly a dud on the list. http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/modules/HallOfFame.shtml
The scarf looks great, by the way.
I'm a relatively new knitter, so my tools haven't leveled up yet. I do seem to have acquired a Bag of Holding (yarn), though. I've yet to to determine if this is a good thing.