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Experimental Widow

This story has two beginnings: at the last guild meeting, I asked if there was any particular reason why Jacob’s Ladders had to be straight; and Mass Effect 3 was about to be released and make me a “Gamer Widow“.

Now, I quite enjoy the Mass Effect games. It’s a neat story line, and Charles plays the games so thoroughly that we never miss a single plot point or line of enquiry. As a crocheter, though, I would be remiss if I didn’t use the time he was wrapped up in his game to make something cool.

Those of you who are mildly familiar with Mass Effect 3 are probably saying, “but ME3 hasn’t been released yet!”. To which those of you are are quite familiar with it would reply, “ah, but they released a demo of the game as a free download ahead of time.”

In the spirit of this “demo” version of the game, I decided to try playing with Jacob’s Ladders to see what they could do.

After a few swatches…
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I was ready to go!

This bears repeating: Charles plays these games quite thoroughly, exploring what is possible with every type of character, so, after the first day:
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Then the second:
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The four days later:
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He shot enemies, I crocheted:
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Five days:
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Only to finish eight days after I started:
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Here are some close-ups (click to enlarge!) :
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Here’s the front compared to the back:
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Only one question remains: what the heck am I going to make during the actual game now?

Totally Worth It

I made this Luigi blanket for my nephew for Christmas:
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It took more than two and a half months to complete. Weaving in the ends took longer than the actual crocheting part! Would you believe that there were a whopping 1040 ends to weave in on this blanket? 1040. Crazy.

It is made up of one-round granny squares, joined using this join-as-you-go method (because if I had to make all of the squares first and then join them all together afterwards, this blanket would never have been made!).

The real challenge here wasn’t the many, many ends to weave in. It was actually the lack of real estate to actually do the weaving. One of the benefits of using that joining method is that any square can be removed without disturbing the surrounding squares, which would be ruined by traveling the ends from one square to another. So, each end had to be woven in with only 12 stitches to work with. 1040 times.

But you know what?
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He was over the moon about it!

Totally worth it. ^_^

Christmas Spoilers 1

I’ve been working on Christmas presents over the last few months, and just can’t wait to share them!

Below the cut, you will see the items I have made so far, but with no names attached. If you are on my gift-giving list and want to be surprised, I recommend that you do not continue with this post!

For the rest of you, I’ll include the pattern source when possible. ^_^

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