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Thirteen Geeky Knitting Projects, 20th

(I was going to write this last night while watching an hour of Friends reruns but a bizarre issue with the Bad Behavior Wordpress plugin and some blacklisting site kept me from uploading and then accessing my own account from my own computer. But it took me 4½ hours to figure out that because the error said that my computer had been sending out spam mail and that was why I was blacklisted and that if I had any questions I could email the web admin and gave my own email address to contact. So, I updated my McAffee and installed Google’s free Spy Doctor and ran both and came up clean, which I knew I would because I am an IT geek who obsesses about that sort of thing. Finally at 11:30pm a new link showed up in my Google search for answers. Someone had just posted an hour before on the Wordpress.org forum that they also couldn’t get into their site with the same error and someone had replied with a link to the Bad Behavior Blog which explained what happened. Grrrrrrrrr! Wasted my whole Wednesday night.

And then today after I spent forever writing this up, my server went down and I couldn’t save it…for over an hour.)

Whenever I start a new hobby, I go a little overboard searching for future possible projects. The nice thing about knitting as opposed to counted cross-stitch, which I did through my 20’s, is that there are a lot of free patterns out there on the Internet and a lot of people who are willing to share their ideas. Plus, as it turns out, there are also a lot of geeky guys and gals just like me who have merged the hobby with their eccentric personalities. Some of these made me laugh out loud. Some of them are just too fun to resist.

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  1. Firefly Jayne Cobb’s Hat — That hat Jayne’s mother made him in the short-lived Firefly series. That hat that looked so dopey on Adam Baldwin and has become legendary at sci-fi conventions even though it was only in one episode. I think it looks warm and funky and I wanted one the second I saw it on t.v. because I love the colors and the style.Firefly Jayne’s Hat
  2. EXTERMIKNIT! — How cute are these little knit Daleks from Doctor Who? How menacing would they be sitting on your desk in your cubicle?
    Knitted Daleks
  3. R2D2 Beanie — What else can I say?
    R2D2 Beanie
  4. Princess Leia Wig — Better to keep your ears warm in Winter.
    Princess Leia Wig
  5. Dr. Who’s Scarf (Tom Baker version) — When I was in junior high there was a high school boy who had one of these and I just thought he was so cool and so cute. Actually, he was very cute and the scarf was very geeky, guaranteed to keep any of the snotty, private school high school chicks from dating him and yet still have one under-aged puppy dog following him around.
    Tom Baker as Dr. Who
  6. Hogwarts Scarves — Now, of course, the Harry Potter craze has replaced the Dr. Who scarf coolness with new scarf coolness based on which house of magic you think you’d be in if you were a student at Hogwarts. Hmmmm… I just realized I can probably do a Gryffindor scarf to go with my Jayne Cobb Hat.
    Ron, Harry, and Hermoine
  7. The Space Invaders Tote – Ahhhh, Atari, the good old days of gaming.
    Space Invader Tote
  8. Binary Scarf – How perfect is this for the IT professional?
    Binary Scarf
  9. Alien Washcloth — In my favorite green too.
    Alien Washcloth
  10. Geek Chic Dice Bag — What ever pen & paper role-player needs. No, really. Dice bags were always welcome gifts because they were always wearing out from use. I still have a really nice once I bought from a fellow player that is made from velvet and has really pretty embroidery. I use it for carrying jewelry when traveling now and I keep my huge collection of dice in a metal lunch box.
    Geek Chic Dice Bag
  11. Coffee Cozy — Because all IT people have a coffee cup attached to their hand. My ex-boyfriend used to say he dreamed of when he could take his coffee extra-venously. In the meantime, he made his coffee with caffeinated water and drank it black. Because the environment is one of my “causes” (you know what I mean), I really like the idea of these because they replace the cardboard hand protector you usually get when you get a to-go cup at your local coffee place. (Of course, it’s best to use your own to-go travel mug every day if the coffee place will go for it — Starbucks will and will give you a nominal discount; though I try to support local businesses that also charge less than an arm and a leg for my morning latte).
    Coffee Cozy
  12. Piglet — Because he’s the most underestimated and under-advertised of all Pooh’s friends. I’ve always thought that if Piglet can do it, then anyone can. He’s kind of my hero. I used him as my anchor back in 2002 when I was losing weight. I thought that it’s really all about the attitude. Piglet might be scared or anxious, but he always pushes on eventually.
    Piglet
  13. Eeyore — Because his positive-negative personality is most like mine. “It’s sunny today, but it’ll probably rain tomorrow.”
    Eeyore

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05.12.07 / 9pm
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