Thursday, December 17, 2015

Parks and Recreation Crochet Game Scarf

Over thanksgiving break I came across a blog post about game knitting

The basic concept is like a drinking game: make a list of things that happen a lot in TV shows, CNN debates, etc, and every time one of the things of the list occurs, you make a popcorn stitch, cable, or whatever. The result is delightfully random and a fun memory, not to mention a cool story. The mastermind of this concept has an eBook that you can buy where there are several cool project ideas, I haven't bought it, I'm not much of a knitter, but I still recommend it if you are.

I took her concept, and came up with a game crochet project. 


Here's the "pattern": (it's not much.)


Chain some amount between 20 and 30. The scarf I made is 30, and it is a little thick. I usually go with 25

Row 1: chainless starting dc, sk 1 chain, dc across

Row 2-∞: chainless starting dc, dc across making a popcorn stitch every time an item on the list occurs.





It is as simple as that.

This can be applied to any TV show, but I made mine while rewatching Parks and Recreation Season 1 & 2. 

Make a popcorn stitch every time...


     1. reference to Pawnee history

     2. Leslie asks Ron for advice

     3. Tom calls someone by a goofy nickname

     4. "Damn it Jerry" moment

     5. Andy sings

     6. Leslie expresses her love for waffles

     7. Town Hall meeting

     8. Ann shows off her nurse skills

     9. Leslie is inspired by other public officials

     10. "Brendanawicz"

     11. Leslie is enthusiastic about something terrible

     12. Ron shares his libertarian views

     13. Feminist kick assery

     14. Andy changes his band name

     15. Theme song!

     16. Ron talks about breakfast food

     17. Indiana Sports shout out

     18. "Burt Macklen: FBI"

     19. Leslie compliments Ann

     20. Crochet is mentioned or shown on screen



List in picture form:

*Note: this list is specific to season 1 and 2. There are a ton of cool things that could be added to it for following seasons aka "Chris says 'literally'" 



Happy crafting! -- Cara

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