knittingninja

Working on things that make me monetary gain has taken up a lot of my time. Mostly reviewing design work, and designing a few things for friends. I received news today that a local printing place has offered me an interview. This is really exciting, since I’d like to do pre-flight work full time. It’s something I’m good at, and what I’ve been trained to do. Here’s hoping!

The bad news of today: After emailing all the big legal kahoonas I could think of to find out about selling chain chomp hats, I found out some unfortunate-ness from the big guys at Nintendo themselves:

Chain chomps fall under the Super Mario Bros. registered trademark. This means that I cannot legally sell them. Because of this, I am choosing not to sell them.

I know a bunch of gamers who are watching my blog for news are smacking themselves over the head, and some may yell at me for not making the money that I could with this. But rules are rules. I’m not about to violate the rules of another country just to make a few bucks. Plus, I don’t think I’d really like to knit a million of these; I already have “orders” for gifts for trade with friends.

NO NOT FRET, however. There are options to getting your own Chain Chomp hat. I will present them here:

1) Learn to knit. And don’t give me the crap about “I don’t have the patience/time/drive”. I’m ADD, I fidget compulsively, I learned to knit when I was a full-time student with a part-time job and a pile of extra-curriculars, and I learned because I saw something that I really wanted to make. If you really want to make this, you can learn to knit. Knitting takes a bit of getting used to, but it’s easy to master all the basics, and there are a ton of free internet resources to help you on your way.

2) Find someone who knits, and beg them to make you one. You’d be surprised at how many people, girls and guys alike, knit. Ask around, you never know. Treat them to a nice dinner or buy them candy in exchange for a hat.

3) If you’re into crafty stuff, I am generally up for swaps! Swaps are where two crafters trade objects. They’re huge on sites like Craftster, and there’s often a theme involved. For instance, I would happily trade a Chain Chomp hat for something that is equally gaming-inspired that took approximately the same amount of time/effort as one of my hats. Email me, we can talk.

Due to the work I put into these hats, I will NOT give them away for free. Please do not ask.

Now, where was I?

Right, work.

This is what I knit when I procrastinate my work.

Part of a Jaywalker…

And a lot more of a Rowan scarf.

All over my keyboard. While I work.

Yup.

This is why, when I get a real job, I’ll have to try really hard to leave the knitting at home.

We’ll see how long that lasts.