Nerd Games - Winter 2025

[Smeddley (* Nerd Games Lieutenant *)]

Ahhh, how is it the last day of the month? I always say I’m not just going to be a huge project and compliment dump, but here we are again! First up… compliments!

@megwell – Cute envelopes! Strawberry Shortcake is such a blast from the past! Also, I’m glad I’m not the only one who keeps postage stamps… I started saving them after doing one of those “Wreck this Journal” books that had a page you were supposed to cover with postage stamps. Also, those tea tags are amazing!

@bunny1kenobi – The most adorable popcorn container! And those miniatures… swoon! Love them. Beautiful sympathy card. The Chaffles look yummy, and the magnets are so cute!

@tapestry – Amazing picture, so awesome it’s the theme picture for next season!

@lindyblues – Great envelopes, yummy looking food, and nice artwork!

@storerboughtcreation – So much cute bun bun floof! And you know how much I like your afghan charts…

@mountains_and_clouds – Gorgeous pottery! Sorry about the eye trouble, that stinks.

@lovelymiss – That tshirt is great! And so much yummy looking food… I really like those candle labels, very classy and a old-timey!

[Smeddley (* Nerd Games Lieutenant *)]

Starting off with the easy ones… my ZAPS! And a Big Time project

Prompt: Zaps 1-4
Team: Knotty By Nature
Project Name: Crochet Roses
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I like to have these around to adorn things, or use with hair clips, and I had some yarn to use up, so I made four of them!
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Prompt: Zap 5
Team: Knotty By Nature
Project Name: Birthday Card
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Made for the big boss, it was just a little bit of cutting and gluing. The crayon and owl things are kinda in-jokes.
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Prompt: Big Time 1
Team: Knotty By Nature
Project Name: Cactus Planter
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Made this for a friend’s birthday!
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[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

Prompt: January - Bullet Journal/Plan
Team: knotty by nature
Project Name: Music Chart
Project Link: Mosaic patterns I've created, including one free pattern!
Brief Description: One of the mosaic music charts I created recently. This uses squares (that looks like dots when zoomed out) to create a chart
Project Photo(s):

Prompt: January - Spend Time with Friends/Family
Team: knotty by nature
Project Name: Music chart
Project Link: Mosaic patterns I've created, including one free pattern!
Brief Description: One of the mosaic music charts I created recently. I made this one for my sister.
Project Photo(s):

Prompt: March - Basting Stitch
Team: knotty by nature
Project Name: music chart
Project Link: Mosaic patterns I've created, including one free pattern!
Brief Description: One of the mosaic music charts I created recently. In order to create a detailed crochet piece, a lot of preparation first goes into a pattern that takes time to set up.
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Prompt: free range
Team: knotty by nature
Project Name: music chart
Project Link: Mosaic patterns I've created, including one free pattern!
Brief Description: One of the mosaic music charts I created recently.
Project Photo(s):

[Smeddley (* Nerd Games Lieutenant *)]

January Prompts!

Prompt: January - Bullet Journal/Plan
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Giant Crayon
Project Link: Crayon
Brief Description: An extra large gray crayon to remind people to think outside the box! I had to use glue to attach the top, and the body is a cardboard shipping tube!
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Prompt: January - Work Out
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Zen Garden
Project Link: [Zen Garden]Tabletop Zen Garden
Brief Description: It’s gray! And it was a lot more work/thinking/stress than it had any right to be!
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Prompt: January - Clean/Organize
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Washcloth
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Just another washcloth out of my giant hoard of cotton yarn!
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Prompt: January - Eat Healthy
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Drip Catcher
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: It’s green (ish). We have an issue where the area under the handle for the faucet in the kitchen doesn’t drain back to the sink - it drains along the wall and drips onto the floor. I crocheted a little cotton drip catcher that works brilliantly!
Project Photo(s):

Prompt: January - Spend time with friends/family
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Cube Kitties
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Just a set of cube cats I crocheted to hid at my friend’s house. She’s obsessed with everything this color of blue…
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[LovelyMiss (Ashley - Nerd Games Chief Morale Officer)]

Friendly reminder!
Get your Pin and Crafty MadLib Event claim forms in ASAP!

Nerd Games - Winter 2025

Pin Prize Collection We’re continuing the Nerd Games enamel pin collection! Each season you’ll have the opportunity to earn up to three (or sometimes more) pins. Each pin will be different, and every season the pins offered will be different. Try to collect them all, or have fun picking and choosing ones to work toward! This year, for Winter, Spring, and Fall rounds, the pins will be themed around the OG Nerd Games teams. [NG Winter 2025 pins] WINTER EVENTS: NOTE: Feel free to use a single…

Nerd Games - Winter 2025

Crafty MadLib Event Win an extra physical prize this season by completing the Crafty MadLib Event! Using the template and links below, generate your crafty MadLib and then make a project based on your completed script. Post the MadLib text in this thread as soon as you generate it. Then, complete and post your MadLib project sometime this season. (You will submit your project using one of the season prompts.) Generate your MadLib using the spin wheel links below. Post your MadLib in this thr…

[Bunny1kenobi (Deanna 🇺🇸)]

Prompt: Free Range #2
Team: Running W Scissors
Project Name: Cryptid address labels
Project Link: Cryptid address labels
Brief Description: I was nearly out of labels so I made myself sone new ones featuring cryptids!
Project Photo(s):

[megwell (Megan (she/her))]

It has become apparent I’m not going to get to my MadLib, but please don’t take that as a reflection of the challenge itself. I love the premise; I just couldn’t get the various half-ideas in my head to coalesce in time.

[LindyBlues (Mariana [she/hers] 🇨🇦)]

Prompt: Rolled Hem
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: First time embroidery
Project Link: First time embroidery
Brief Description: This is made of fabric and fibers
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Prompt: Free Range Project 4
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Princess Bride ATC
Project Link: The Princess Bride postcards
Brief Description: This is my chosen fandom
Project Photo(s):

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Prompt: Zap project 1
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: “Life is Pain” Princess Bride Postcard
Project Link: The Princess Bride postcards
Brief Description: This is my chosen fandom
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Prompt: Zap project 2
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: “Have fun storming the castle!” Princess Bride postcard
Project Link: The Princess Bride postcards
Brief Description: This is my chosen fandom
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Prompt: Zap project 3
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: “As you wish” Princess Bride postcard
Project Link: The Princess Bride postcards
Brief Description: This is my chosen fandom
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Prompt: Zap project 4
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: “Inconceivable!” Princess Bride postcard
Project Link: The Princess Bride postcards
Brief Description: This is my chosen fandom
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[Mountains_and_Clouds (SaRa :) [they/her])]

Prompt: February - Cardboard

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Blyublyu Being Curious

Project Link: coming soon

Brief Description: For the 4 x 6 swap - it’s watercolor on paper

Project Photo(s):

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Prompt: February - compost/lawn clippings

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Hibiscus Vase

Project Link: Koki'o Bud Vases

Brief Description: A little porcelain sgraffito vase inspired by nature, and is for plants.

Project Photo(s):

[Smeddley (* Nerd Games Lieutenant *)]

February and March prompts, plus my free range projects, and my last-ditch attempt at pins… I really tried the Mad Lib, and I LOVED the idea of it, but I’m so scatterbrained right now…

Prompt: February - #6 Plastic
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Chilly Chili
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: We had a Chili contest at work, and while everyone loved mine, it did not win. To be fair, it was a dessert. A delicious, delicious dessert that threw people for a loop and was hilarious to watch them try, because of course I put it in a not-plugged-in crock pot! The surprise when they realized it was cold… it had six basic components: pudding, brownies, maraschino cherries, Boston Baked Beans, shredded coconut, and Cool Whip. The recipe I used is here, and it’s delightful: Chilly Chili - Because I'm Me
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Prompt: February - Aluminum
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Birthday Cake
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: This required an oven, a cake pan, and a set of piping tips and bags for the icing!
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Prompt: February - Carboard
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Crochet Dog 1
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: It’s a brown dog! I made two of them for prizes for a work contest!
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Prompt: February - Fabric/Fibers
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Pig Bank 2
Project Link: Pig Bank
Brief Description: It’s a crocheted Piggy Bank! I made two of them for prizes for a work contest!
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On to March!

Prompt: March Battle - Serger
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Serger Class Bag
Project Link: Bag
Brief Description: I’m taking a serger class to try not to hate my serger, and I combined the lessons into a bag…
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Prompt: March Battle - Flat Felled Seam
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Serger Class Sewing Mat
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I’m taking a serger class to try not to hate my serger, and we made a mat for our serger (there’s more to it that will be coming soon, but for now, it’s a quilted mat to help with vibration)
Project Photo(s):

Prompt: March Battle - Rolled Hem
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Crocheted Bee
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: It’s Yellow (ish)
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Prompt: March Battle - Basting Stitch
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Crocheted Dog 2
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: It’s the second brown dog!
Project Photo(s):
(see photo above)

Prompt: Free Range 1-4
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Painted DnD Minis!
Project Link: Minis
Brief Description: Painted Minis for our TTRPG games!
Project Photo(s):
Beardo von Dwarfington, the sidekick to Dwarfette MacDwarvish:

The other dwarf that came in the package with Beardo:

And two other random NPCs I painted to try to practice my technique:

Prompt: Free Range 5
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: DnD Dice Bag
Project Link: Dice Bag
Brief Description: A Dice Bag using a new-to-me technique - mosaic crochet - that will help me identify my dice! Special thanks to @storerboughtcreation for the pattern and encouragement!
Project Photo(s):

Phew! Tell me to do these as I make them next season?

[Mountains_and_Clouds (SaRa :) [they/her])]

Prompt: Free Range 1

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Amigurumi Dinosaur

Project Link: Bitten by the Crochet Bug

Brief Description: I just caught the crochet bug again, and I’m trying to actually learn some things this time. Here’s a dinosaur from a kit!

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Prompt: March Battle - Sewing Machine

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Cat Cup 2

Project Link: Carved Kitty Cups

Brief Description: When finished, pottery is a pretty rigid structure, like results of a sewing machine.

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Prompt: March - French Seam

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Cat Cup 3

Project Link: same as above

Brief Description: This one has vertical stripes. (It was the only one with stripes like this in the batch!)

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Prompt: March - Rolled Hem

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Cat Cup 4

Project Link: see above

Brief Description: Clay requires kneading (wedging) to equalize the moisture and make it consistent for working with it.

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Prompt: March - Basting Stitch

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Cat Cup 5

Project Link: see above

Brief Description: Clay also requires moisture in order to work.

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Prompt: March - Backstitch

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Cat Cup 6

Project Link: Carved Kitty Cups

Brief Description: I think pottery is something I can do backwards/forwards because I know it so much.

Project Photo(s):

[Mountains_and_Clouds (SaRa :) [they/her])]

Prompt: March - Flat Felled Seam

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Hibiscus Wall Tile

Project Link: N/A

Brief Description: This tile is mostly flat. I start with a flat slab of clay and then cut and carve the design.

Project Photo(s):

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Prompt: Free Range 2

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Crochet Octopi

Project Link: Bitten by the Crochet Bug

Brief Description: I’ve just been trying o learn the basics of crochet, so I’m naturally obsessed with making these guys.

Project Photo(s):

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[Mountains_and_Clouds (SaRa :) [they/her])]

(Sorry for the multiple posts… I’ve had a couple things disappear in the middle of typing/editing lately, so I’m scared of losing them before they post!!)

Prompt: Free Range 3

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Small Existential Crisis Frog Tile

Project Link: N/A

Brief Description: Hand-carved ceramic tile. Some days I feel like this frog looks like he feels.

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Prompt: Free Range 4

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Another Existential Crisis Frog Tile

Project Link: N/A

Brief Description: Anothet carved tile

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Prompt: Free Range 5

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Carved Fish Tile

Project Link: N/A

Brief Description:

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Prompt: Free Range 6

Team: Knotty by Nature

Project Name: Carved Cat Tile

Project Link: N/A

Brief Description: a hand carved clay tile

Project Photo(s):

[Bunny1kenobi (Deanna 🇺🇸)]

Prompt: March-Backstitch
Team: Running W Scissors
Project Name: Endless Wonder ATC
Project Link: Endless Wonder
Brief Description: Reading is totally huge for me… but this ATC also references one of my fave shows of all time: Warehouse 13. I was sooooi sad when it ended!! Also, even tho I don’t really have a favorite color anymore, it definitely used to be purple, and I do still love it! (I just find it harder to pick a favorite these days!)
Project Photo(s):

This angle shows the sparkly bits better!