Wow + Knitting

phisch · 07-02-2006, 05:08 PM

Hi! I mostly lurk on this board but this is a topic I can get into =)

I've been playing Wow for about 9 mos. or so now. I've been in a pretty big guild and mostly go on raids with them. It's the fun part of the game for me because it's interesting to see how 40 people from all over the world (mostly US and Australia) and complete a monumental task together once or twice a week. That, and I get to play with my hubby and RL friends.

Knitting and Wow together? You betcha! I just knit when they pass out the loot or autofollow someone else on the way to some place or even while in transit on the gryphon.

Lieke · 07-02-2006, 05:14 PM

well, the only way knitting and wow'll go together for me, is when my boyfriens plays wow. when I'm at his place at that time, I usually kill the time he's playing while knitting. Usually he's walking a lot, so we can have conversations.

knit-errant · 07-02-2006, 05:23 PM

I've been playing Dungeons & Dragons Online, lately. (It's not quite what I'm looking for in a MMOG right now, but that's a whole other post.)

Anyway, I sat my little dwarf cleric down in the pub and started to knit while I waited for her health and mana to regen. After a while I look up and see this fighter jumping up and down in front of me. He'd been spamming me with emotes and /tells, asking me to group.

I tell him, "Sorry. Didn't mean to ignore you there -- I was knitting."

He says, "LOL! U roleplay?!!11!!"

Me: "No, I really was knitting in real life."

Him: "..."

Him: "OMG Ur a dork!"

Yeah, you know it's sad when somebody playing D&D calls you a dork. Weirdest part was, a few seconds later he sent me another tell asking if i was hot; dude, if I was hot would I be playing D&D and knitting?

I wish I knew how to knit when I was playing EQ, though. Might have made the downtime more bearable.

CateKnits · 07-02-2006, 06:13 PM

I just started WoW about a month ago. I knit while eating in game and while flying, etc. Sometimes I take a break to knit a row while I'm in a town or something where I know I won't die. I've yet to do a raid (my highest character is only level 17, so I can't do anything yet

) or even join a group with people I don't know. I make Angelia play with me sometimes, though. We're tiny and bad***.

sfavereau · 07-02-2006, 11:35 PM

How funny....

I just started WoW last week. It's sucking away my life! Please help me!

phisch · 07-03-2006, 01:08 AM

Knit-errant, that is funny. You almost want to respond "you must be at least 10 years old!"

Not sure how to help with the Wow addiction. Except for maybe having to run out for more yarn. I've been playing enough to enjoy but I log off at 10p.m. regularly because I know if I stay I'll play until I drop and then drag my feet the next day. Bad when you have two kids, one of whom is home for the summer.

It's kinda fun to learn how to knit during downtime. The bad part is it's all close-up work and after a while my eyes want to cross.

Tiny + bad = gnomes? I have a gnome mage at level 26 trying to get to at least 28 soon because if I don't I won't be able to party with hubby and RL friends because I'd be too far behind. /train is so cute when gnomes do it.

Now, if I can only find a pattern for a hat with night elf ears...that would be great.

CateKnits · 07-03-2006, 01:11 AM

I have a gnome rogue. And I LOVE /train. I think that's cutest thing ever. She's only level 18 now, and I can't even afford my stinking level 18 abilities. Gah. HOW do you make enough money for weapons in this game?!
I think my scarf is the perfect project for knitting during downtime because it doesn't take very long to finish a row. Of course, circular projects are good, too. :thinking:

DianaM · 07-03-2006, 01:20 AM

Aside from having friends who spend every waking hour playing it, my only involvement with WoW was a doing the voice over for a Mod that apparently never got finished. Pitty....I have a kickass evil voice.

Lieke · 07-03-2006, 02:09 AM

I hear you all talking about down time. Is there a lot of down time on American servers? On European servers there is hardly any down time.

07-03-2006, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by sfavereau

How funny....

I just started WoW last week. It's sucking away my life! Please help me!

Sorry, can't help with that! :rofling:

I do knit sometimes like Cate does, when flying to and fro. But usually there's too much going on to knit. And yes, we have some really bad*** gnomes! And dwarven women...and Tauren...

We've been busy... :rofling: