Nerd Wars: Tournament Four

For those of you who knit or crochet [those who don't can stop reading now, sorry, read the Heroes post instead] and want another thing on your to-do list, I offer Nerd Wars on Ravelry. The brainchild of Raveler Eyeamelise, Nerd Wars is "A tournament of geekiness . . . a friendly crafting competition among different kinds of nerds." The tournaments last three months, with six new challenges each month testing your crafting imagination in six categories: Giving Geeks (charity work), Intellectual, Scientific, Technical, Nerd Culture, and Team Spirit. You can join a team or work as a freelance Ninja, but either way it's a perfect storm of geek fandom with yarn lust. If you love The Big Bang Theory, there's Team Bazinga. If you love Bones and NCIS, there's Team Squints. If you're a vampire-addict, there's Team Bite Me. If you're a Discworld fan, there's Team UU. There's also Team Hellmouth, Team Impala (Supernatural), Team Browncoats (Firefly), Team Pineapple (Psyche), Team One More Page (series stories), Team 1-Up (video games), Team Braaaaaains (zombies) . . . as I said, twenty-one teams, although by the time the new list goes up some of those might be gone and new ones added. Why I am mentioning this now? Tournament Four sign-up is today, January 15th. You can play any time as a free-lance Ninja–they're a very open-minded group–but if you want to play in a specific nerdery, go list your top three choices now. New tournament starts Feb. 1. If you've read this far, you're probably a knitter or crocheter, so you'd be making stuff anyway. Might as well knit a sonic screw driver cover (Team Tardis) or a jewelry pouch for The One Ring (Team Precious).

Nerd Wars. Because you like to make things with yarn and you've never really grown up.