Knerdy Knitting
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It’s knerdy, it’s knitting!

I may be the last one on the interweb to learn about this, but it has completely eaten my brain. The site ChoreWars is designed to motivate children with their household chores. It works like an RPG for your housework. If you empty the dishwasher, for example, your character gains xp and gold and has a chance of fighting a monster and finding special treasures. You get to enter in you individualized chores and the rewards for completing them. Innocent and dorky, yes?

It was until the knitters got a hold of it. Specifically, the ones over at LimenViolet. Now you get xp for winding a skein! Dyeing for 30 minutes! Learning a new technique! I’m totally into it. And my lady YarnViking has been eating up the levels. Now I no longer have to choose between computer games and fiber arts! This is the coolest advance in computer gaming technology since I discovered I can knit IRL while tanning hides in LOTRO. (Crafting while you’re crafting totally rocks.)