CLOSED - Nerd Games - Summer 2022

I hope I’m doing this right, August has sapped out my motivation and most of my brain power. Hopefully a new month will help reset it.

Prompt: August - Bridge - Marta - Battle
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Chinese fast food style beef
Project Link:
Brief Description:
I first tried this recipe a couple months ago, and it has since been a hit in our house and made a few appearances all summer long. I found it on a popular Israeli food blog, she has a lot of really good simple recipes.
Here’s the recipe link, run through Google translate (it did an ok job on the translation):
https://nikib-co-il.translate.goog/main-course/129803/?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
I made some variations based on what I had in my kitchen and the cooking time was longer for me than what is written in the recipe. The original recipe uses red bell peppers, and those are nice and a good way of using peppers that are no longer nice enough for a salad. But I’ve also made it a few times with mushrooms, and that’s yummy too.
Of course, talking with Marta, who is a cook, I had to share some food.
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with peppers, over rice:

cooked leftovers from the mushroom variation inside a malawach (a sort of puff pastry) as a quick lunch:

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I will catch up on commenting soon, but I need to get my battle in! New prompts will be up some time tomorrow, I still have some checking and finishing touches, and unfortunately some work to do during the day tomorrow. Grrrr…

Prompt: August Battle: (Ambrose) - Forest/Wendy the Human Fighter Seamstress
Team: Team Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Lion Blood Drop
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: My new coworkers are keeping me busy requesting blood drops! Which is nice, but wow are some of them more work than others… this one isn’t hard, exactly, but the mane is troublesome if you’re not willing to cut the yarn too long to make it easy to pull through the blood drop stitches (which of course I’m not, I don’t want to waste yarn!).

Simba lived in the forest, and in the end he was quite the fighter, so… Forest and Fighter it is!

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Prompt: Talk to Ambrose (July) - Forest - Talk to Wendy (August)- August Battle (Seamstress)

Team: Team Berserker Barbarian

Project Name: Craft Hat (Fail)

Project Link: n/a

Brief Description: I had planned an activity today where my students would look at my (unexpectedly large) collection of hats (baseball and bucket hats… I left my extra fun hats at home) and try to figure out one fact about me. I realized that my hat collection didn’t have anything to represent my craft-loving side, so I decided to make one. Unfortunately, it came out awful. For some reason, bits of flocking and adhesive stuck onto the hat from the area that I weeded. And, parts of the design just wouldn’t stick. I’ve had this flocked HTV for a while, so I’m wondering if that contributed to the lack of success. In any case, I couldn’t use it for my activity, but at least now I have a year to make another one! And, I used a design with scissors because a seamstress just can’t live without scissors!

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Okay, so I lied about it being tomorrow, I was thinking I was going to have to write 12 sets of prompts, and wasn’t done organizing them, but then I realized that I was WAY overdoing it and you (hopefully) wouldn’t mind it being a little simpler? There really wasn’t a great way to organize the prompts to not make it as confusing, sorry, I didn’t think this all the way through! But I hope you enjoy, August clues will be out soon! I will do my best to give everyone a shot at figuring out the culprit, so long as you turn in enough projects to get enough clues!

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Thank you so much for such a fun story this season! I am looking forward to figuring this mystery out :smiley:

FYI FOR EVERYONE!

If you are unsure which two people you can craft for, I have put up your choices on your tracking sheet. If you haven’t posted a September project yet, I can help you figure out who you can craft for once you do. :blush:

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Prompt: July - Ambrose - The Crochet Commotion
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Purple washcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This is both crocheted and the color purple
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Prompt: July - Ambrose - A Careless Conflagration
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Brick Red washcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This one is a test to see if an 80% cotton 20% polyester blend makes a good washcloth
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Prompt: August - Forest - Aimee - No Good Deed
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Green washcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This is for my mom and is green
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Prompt: July - Ambrose - A Square in the Square
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Pink Washcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This is a square.
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Prompt: September - Sabrina - Cast off purlwise
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Yellow Washcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This is yellow… and crochet is also technically just a bunch of fancy knots. :smiley:
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Happy birthday, @craftADDchick! I hope you have a lovely day and an amazing year!

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That’s so cute! Happy Birthday @craftADDchick. I hope this is your best year yet!

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@craftADDchick HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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Prompt: August - Forest - Aimee - All in Good Time
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: two purple scrubbies
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: I made these for my mom. They are purple.
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Prompt: September- Sabrina - Long Tailed Cast-on
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Another two purple scrubbies
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: These are purple and made with yarn
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Prompt: September - Sabrina - Boucle Yarn
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Two pink scrubbies
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This isn’t boucle yarn, but it’s certainly lumpy.
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Prompt: September - Sabrina - Ribbing
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Two more pink scrubbies
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: These are made using fpdc, so they feel ribbed.
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Prompt: September - Sabrina - Bamboo Needles
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: red washcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This is made with cotton yarn, which is a plant.
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Prompt: July - Ambrose - The Loose Thread
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Grey washcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This uses thread and is grey.
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Thank you, @storerboughtcreation, @gozer, @Bunny1kenobi! I had a really nice weekend, and then a crazy busy week, so I’m finally getting myself caught up on a few things today.

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Just adding a couple of prompts before I forget!
Prompt: Peter – Bridge/Wendy - Sarah – Stuffed Armchair
Team: Wizard
Project Name: Bowl Cozies
Project Link: -0-
Brief Description: Bowl cozies help make the cold months cozier!
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Prompt: Peter – Bridge/Wendy - Sarah - Tea Caddy
Team: Wizard
Project Name: Casserole Carrier - Finally
Project Link: Casserole Carrier - Finally
Brief Description: The inside of this casserole carrier is brown to match my kitchen.
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Almost forgot!
Prompt: Peter – Bridge/Wendy - Sarah - Books
Team: Wizard
Project Name: Embroidered Cards
Project Link: Embroidered Skull & Thank You cards
Brief Description: These cards were embroidered on paper!
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Candy Stripes Mosaic
Project Link: Candy Striped Snowscape Mosaic
Brief Description: I made this a few months ago, and I wasn’t able to share until now. It was so hard waiting to post photos! I love this blanket. Details in project link.
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Prompt: August - Forest - Aimee - Uphill Both Ways
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Off-white dishcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This one is white
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Prompt: September - Battle - Sabrina
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Pink dishcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: This one has a strip that looks almost like knitting
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: dishcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: Yet another dishcloth
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: dishcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: Yet another dishcloth
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: dishcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: Yet another dishcloth
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: dishcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: Yet another dishcloth
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: dishcloth
Project Link: Simple dishcloths and scrubbies
Brief Description: Yet another dishcloth
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I love the cowl cozies and casserole carrier you made. I use the bowl cozies @Bunny1kenobi made me all the time. They are super useful :hearts:

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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Berserker Barbarian
Project Name: Self Portrait
Project Link: Wood burned SBC sign
Brief Description: I’ve been wanting to burn a sign of my logo for a while now. @LovelyMiss gave me the perfect project to burn it for. This is for the self portrait requirement for prize number two!
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Also, here is my character sheet for the prize requirement:

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I think the lion blood drop is adorable. You said these are for squeezing while donating blood?

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Prompt: September - Fenton - Wire Wrapping
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Egg Bites
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Does a muffin tin count as a tool used to shape? I think so! I was in charge of breakfast snacks for a recent meeting. I made egg bites from scratch. I only got one photo of everything together. They were delicious!

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Prompt: September - Fenton - Beading
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Lemon Pastries
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made mini lemon pastries for the meeting, too (pictured above). They were round and quite tasty! Also, very simple. It was just puff pastry, lemon pie filling, and a powdered sugar glaze.

Project Photo(s): See above.


Prompt: September - Fenton - Leather Cord
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Pork chops and fried zucchini
Project Link: [N/A]
Brief Description: Another dinner courtesy of the CSA. The spicy honey garlic pork chops have been a huge hit in our house, and pan fried zucchini is literally one of my favorite foods. Lots of brown.

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Prompt: September - Fenton - Gemstone
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Copic drawing
Project Link: (Copic Drawings)
Brief Description: A drawing of a rose. It’s bright in color (more so than it looks in the photo).

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Prompt: September - Fenton - Velvet Case
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Copic drawing
Project Link: (Copic Drawings)
Brief Description: I included some purple in this succulent picture.

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Prompt: September - Fenton - Battle
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Soup
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Let’s see if I can make this work…Fenton makes jewelry which is comprised of many components…just like this soup?! I made soup from scratch with ingredients from our CSA.

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Homemade Pizza and Sauce
Project Link: Homemade Pizza with Sauce Recipe
Brief Description: More info in the link.

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Apple Crumble
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I’ve been making this a lot because it’s delicious and we get so many apples from the CSA.

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Burger and fries
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Don’t judge how gross it looks in the last second photo I took, lol. We get organic burger patties and buns from our CSA, so we make them often. I know I mention the CSA a lot…I barely grocery shop any more because it all comes from them, so it’s a daily part of our lives and I want to give them credit. :slight_smile: It’s also the main reason I cook.

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Another Dinner
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Another dinner - burger and veggies.

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Breakfast Scramble
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: A quick and tasty breakfast scramble to use up some ingredients.

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Prompt: Zap
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Fresh Orange Juice
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Lots of citrus in our last CSA delivery, so I hand squeezed some orange juice.

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Prompt: Zap
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Banana Splits
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made us banana splits one night as a treat.

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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Pocket Shawl #2
Project Link: (Crochet Pocket Shawl #2)
**Brief Description:**Another shawl completed!

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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Nurturing Druid
Project Name: Archer Copic Drawings
Project Link: (Copic Drawings)
Brief Description: I’m still practicing with my copic markers. Ehhhh, these didn’t exactly turn out that well, but I’m going to try them again. They’re supposed to be Archer and Lana from the show Archer.

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I messed up something and got an error when I posted my previous projects - so I deleted the post and tried again. Just in case anyone is wondering what I deleted. :smiley:

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