CLOSED: Nerd Games - Fall 2021

[LovelyMiss (Ashley - Nerd Games Chief Morale Officer)]

Prompt: October - Hay Rides
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (1)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Hiya, folks! I haven’t been around online, but I have been crafting. I made 10 hats. And now I’m going to show you all of them.

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Prompt: October - Cozy Sweaters
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (2)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Have you all noticed how little yarn variety is available right now? I get why, it was just a bit of a let down to go yarn shopping. I dipped into my stash, and supplemented with a few new skeins to make all of these.

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Prompt: October - Fuzzy Slippers
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (3)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Hats, Hats, Hats. This one is fuzzy.

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Prompt: October - Costume Party
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (4)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: We’re wearing hats.

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Prompt: November - Spy Stories
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (5)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: So many hats. It can help you sneak around under cover, and has a bunch of hidden stitches and threads inside.

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Prompt: November - Romance
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (6)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: These are all made for holiday gifts, for many people that I love and care about.

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Prompt: November - Historical
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (7)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Looking weathered.

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Prompt: November - Non-fiction
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (8)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Hats are functional, and I looked up instructions for a few different things in the process.

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Prompt: November - Sci-fi/Fantasy
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (9)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: These took a lot of technical skill and concentration. Also, this one has sparkly metallic fibers…like…stars.

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (10)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: That’s all 10 hats. Now on to other things!
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[megwell (Megan (she/her))]

Prompt: Flannel Sheets (Advent)
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Cookies!
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made a set (batch) of cookies.
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Prompt: Apple Orchard (Advent)
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Lose the Fear art journal page
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made a fairly red art journal page.
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Prompt: Warm Clothing (Advent)
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Not a Whim art journal page
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made a collage figure and painted a quote over a background I had made earlier.
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Prompt: Sword (November Battle)
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Bearillionaire ATC
Project Link: N/A (for now, at least)
Brief Description: I made this ATC for thanate in the Ongoing ATC Swap. It involved a lot of cutting. I used scissors, but what are scissors if not small, attached, hand-held swords?
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[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

The underwear whim has me laughing

[gozer (Becca)]

@LovelyMiss - As I live and breath! There you are! You have been very missed. I am so glad you’re back. Your hats look fantastic and are just in time for the cold weather! I’d say I am partial to that green one with the flecks, and that blue, green, and grey stripey one. The pompoms turned out great too!

@megwell that dog head on a human body is cracking me up!

[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

Hi everyone! I went ahead and put the remaining advent prompts up. I keep forgetting to post them, and with the long weekend ahead for American Thanksgiving, many of us will have more time for crafting. Maybe one or more of these will inspire some holiday crafting!

I’d like to add that I am thankful for each and every one of you. Thank you for keeping the Nerd Games alive. If you have any ideas to change things up for 2022, please share your ideas here or send me a message. Happy holidays!

[roler (Laura)]

Prompt: November Battle - Pen
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Munchlax ATC
Project Link: Gotta catch 'em all! Pokémon ATCs - #30 by roler
Brief Description: Another of my Pokémon ATCs! I definitely used a pen!
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[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

Happy Thanksgiving to those of us in the US! I hope you found a lot to be thankful for this holiday

[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

Prompt: November - battle - pen
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: coasters… or ornaments???
Project Link:
Brief Description: I used a pyrography pen to burn these 4 inch cork rounds. I haven’t decided if they will be ornaments or coasters. Leaning toward coasters at the moment
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[ezrib (Tab)]

Prompt: November Battle Pen
Team:
Project Name: Bathroom wall lady
Project Link:
Brief Description: This was a pen experiment. We are doodling portraits on our bathroom wall. there is too much texture, so we’re going to coat it so it is smoother and try again, but I’m super pleased with her & hope when I redo her she’ll turn out at least as well.
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[craftADDchick (Cindy)]

Thank you for posting them early! Do you want us to wait until the actual date before we post for an Advent prompt?

[craftADDchick (Cindy)]

Prompt: November Battle- Sword
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Thanksgiving Pies
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: For Thanksgiving, my SIL had half a dozen 6" pie plates, so we decided to make a variety of pies. I used a knife (which is kind of like a tiny sword) to peel and core the apples, and to cut the dough for the lattice crust. The pies were a group effort- my SIL made the dough for the crust, my mom sliced the apples, I assembled three of the pies (apple, apple & blueberry, cherry), and my SIL prepared the rest (pumpkin, coconut cream, banana cream). There were only 4 of us for dinner this year, and we each got to sample several pies. Each slice was only about 2 or 3 bites!

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Pumpkin, Cherry, Apple & Blueberry, Apple (the cream pies were in the fridge)

[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

Nope! You can go ahead and craft for them now. No reason to wait

[roler (Laura)]

Prompt: November - Spy Stories
Team: So Cornfused
Project Name: Gnome Towel Topper
Project Link: Gnome Towel Topper
Brief Description: There’s a hidden ring inside this gnome hat to hold the towel.
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[LovelyMiss (Ashley - Nerd Games Chief Morale Officer)]

Prompt: Advent: Oct 10 - Rain
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (11)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I…made a couple of more hats, and hope to get a few more done this week. This one is a pretty, soft chenille yarn in grey.

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Prompt: Advent: Oct 24 - Candy Corn
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (12)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Another hat, this one is fuzzy and white. The yarn actually had a variegated strand woven in, but once it was knitted, it became nearly invisible!

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Prompt: Advent: Oct 31 - Warm Clothing
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Skye Wrap
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I had planned to make a bunch of these for gifts. I got all the buttons and fabric, and cut all of it to size. Then I sewed the first one. I love the pattern. I don’t love how it fits and sits. Darn my assembly line production style! I’ll probably repurpose the other fabric into bags. It was easy and fun to make, though, and I love things I can put big buttons on.

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Prompt: Advent: Oct 17 - Apple Orchard
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towel Ring/Trivet (1)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: More things for my holiday gift buffet. I made 8 of these total. They can be used as towel ring holders and trivets. They’re pretty simple and cute. I just snipped a macrame ring, used large-hole wood beads, and some leather strips. (I’m submitting them separately, but here is a picture of all 8.)

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Prompt: Advent: Nov 14 - Cranberries
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towel Ring/Trivet (2)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: They are round!

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Prompt: Advent: Nov 21 - Black Friday
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towel Ring/Trivet (3)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: All of them will be given as gifts.

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Prompt: Advent: Nov 28 - Hot Chocolate
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towel Ring/Trivet (4)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: All of them include brown.

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Prompt: Advent: Dec 12 - Decorations
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towel Ring/Trivet (5)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I don’t know about you all, but I think they’re pretty!

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Prompt: Advent: Dec 19 - Presents
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towel Ring/Trivet (6)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Gifts, gifts, gifts!

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towel Ring/Trivet (7)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Another.

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towel Ring/Trivet (8)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Another.

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[Smeddley (* Nerd Games Lieutenant *)]

Prompt: November Battle - Pen!
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Pumpkin Rocks
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: We have a park/trail nearby where people leave painted rock and art, I made these a little while back and abandoned them! I used a PEN to sketch out the pumpkin before I painted it.

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I have a ton of stuff to upload (including the exciting conclusion of Gnomeagedden!) but it’s been a long day and I need to go to sleep…

[Smeddley (* Nerd Games Lieutenant *)]

New prompts are posted! I hope they make sense, it’s early…

[LovelyMiss (Ashley - Nerd Games Chief Morale Officer)]

Prompt: December - It’s a Holiday Baking Competition
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Taco Seasoning
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made 12 jars of my favorite taco seasoning spice mix for gifts.

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Prompt: December - Never Split the Party
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Rice packs
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Ya’ll know these. I cut the fabric and divided the rice.

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Prompt: December - It’s All Just A Big Misunderstanding
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (13)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I had actually given up knitting and just picked it up again this year to make hats. I tended to find it time consuming and frustrating, and couldn’t stick with it.

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Prompt: Advent: Dec 5 - Board Games
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (14)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Multicolored.

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Prompt: Advent: Nov 7 - Flannel Sheets
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (15)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: It’s very soft, and there’s purple.

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Prompt: Advent: Oct 3 - Migration
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Hat (16)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: The variegated yarn changes colors.

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Prompt: December - Santa is Coming to Town
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Towels
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I had some cheap white tea towels, and did some quick stitching to jazz them up a little, so they could go along with the towel ring holders I made. They’re not as janky as they look in the harsh glow of my OttLite.

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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Candles
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made a batch of 36 soy wax candles.

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[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

I’ve been enjoying seeing the hats you’ve made. I’m crocheting a hat right now, and just saw another pattern for a pretty hat that will be on my hook once this one is finished

[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

Prompt: Advent - Warm Clothing
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Raspberry Hat
Project Link: Raspberry hat (as named by roler)
Brief Description: This will definitely keep you warm on a cold night.
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[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

Prompt: October - Fuzzy Slippers
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Bex hat
Project Link: Crocheted to look like knit hat
Brief Description: This is meant to keep you warm
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