Sleepy Willy hat

At last! A promised post about this year’s Blizzcon hat. Last year I made murlocs for everyone. This year, only 3 new people were going to Blizzcon, so I decided I’d make them non-murloc knitted hats to wear. One wanted a hunter’s mark hat (his idea), so I whipped something together, [...]

Lich King release festivities

Tents in the parking lots, lights, music, candy, free RedBulls, and a frozen throne from a block of ice.  People were coming over to us (just random people) and handing us posters and candy.  Some creepy dude in a troll mask kept trying to give me candy and finally stuffed some down inside my open-topped [...]

Blizzcon 08 pics

Or “Murlocs go to Anaheim!”
Man, I’m so glad to be in my own bed finally!  Partly because the ghetto hotel was super skank, but mostly because I’m finally done travelling for a bit.  Yay!
So, nerdfest 08 was really fun!  I loved people watching the most.  Some folks just went crazy with their costumes, which was [...]

Blizzcon overview

Tl;dr version:
Gratifying to get thumbs ups for the murloc hats from people who worked so hard on some amazing costumes
Thou shalt not give shout outs while at the mic for QA.
Thou shalt not make Decker Cain impressions.
Thou shalt not reveal any weakness to this audience.
Thou definitely shalt not recruit for thy guild during /silly competition.
Detailed [...]

To blizzcon!!

Am I done with murlocs? Hells no. But I’ve got a decent chunk of plane ride to get through, plus time waiting in the airport.
It’s just a little airborne! It’s still good! It’s still good!
Yeah, I’m in denial. I want to change most of the teeth I put on and am taking Jeff’s Murloc as [...]

Nimcrafted

Here’s the tag I’ll be putting on the Murloc hats.  Just one more thing I have to finish before I can hand these suckers out!  Hm.  I might change that font once I see it printed.  But it’s just silly enough to work.

I figured I’d use these label tutorials/ideas to get them in there.  Shouldn’t [...]

Blizzcon status

I finished Murloc (body) IX and X last night during the sadly-sober debate. Bummer there!! X is a new concept with this crazy felting yarn and went together so fast he even got arms and legs before I lay in bed playing RemovEm. That’s my new phrase instead of “went to sleep”. I feel [...]

Let the good times roll

Tonight: VP debate drinking game.
Friday: Slumber party/girls’ night (complete with toenail painting and puff-painting shirts)
Saturday: Oktoberfest
Sunday: Oktoberfest
Monday: Liver transplant
Tuesday-Thursday: Recovery, stitches removed
Friday: Blizzcon
Time and sobriety permitting: finish Murloc the IX and create Murloc X (since I woefully miscounted my retinue), regrow liver, felt murloc body parts (may or may not be SFW), attend and schedule [...]

“Socktoberfest” + knitted bat = ?

What in the world could “socktoberfest” and a pattern for a knitted bat have to do with each other (aside from knitting in general)?  Sort of the same thing that’s going on right now in-game, one of my favorite —if not favorite outright— in-game events all year long.
I’ll give you a big, full-bodied hint:

It’s so [...]