Darning Awl/Zests

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Darning Awl Zests can only be created by a Darning Awl that is used on a finished Knitted Project of the variety that matches the awl.

Socks for Soldiers

This awl creates scripted fluff socks.

Usage

Verb Style First Second (Only if applicable) Third
PULL Worn Under Shoes You tug your crimson wool socks up inside your leather boots, ensuring they fit snugly around your heel while remaining evenly matched in height. N/A XXX tugs her crimson wool socks up inside her leather boots, taking care to ensure they are evenly matched in height.
Worn Without Shoes You tug your crimson wool socks up, ensuring they are evenly matched in height. After picking off some lint, you straighten out the seam along your toes. N/A XXX tugs her crimson wool socks up, ensuring they are evenly matched in height. After picking off some lint, she straightens out the seams along her toes.
Held You pick some lint off your crimson wool socks. N/A XXX picks some lint off her crimson wool socks.
RUB Worn Under Shoes Sighing contentedly, you wiggle your toes inside the warm and cozy crimson wool socks in your leather boots. N/A With a contented sigh, XXX smiles serenely to herself as she bounces on her leather boots.
Worn Without Shoes You wiggle your toes inside your crimson wool socks, savoring the warmth and coziness. N/A XXX wiggles her toes inside her crimson wool socks, a slight smile on her face.
Spouse Target You gently nudge YYY's foot with your own. XXX gently nudges your foot with her own. XXX gently nudges YYY's foot with her own.
Spouse Target,
At a Table
You gently nudge YYY's foot with your own under the table. XXX gently nudges your foot with her own under the table. XXX and YYY momentarily lock eyes.
Target
Cold or Reserved Demeanor
You scuff the ground in front of YYY with your leather boots. XXX scuffs the ground in front of you with her leather boots. XXX scuffs the ground in front of YYY with her leather boots.
Target
Other Demeanor
You tap the toe of your leather boots against the side of YYY's foot. XXX taps the toe of her leather boots against the side of your foot. XXX aps the toe of her leather boots against the side of YYY's foot.
Held You rub your thumb over the wool of the socks. N/A XXX rubs her thumb over the wool of her socks.
SCRATCH Worn Under Shoes Trying to scratch an itch on the sole of your foot, you twist your ankle back and forth, scrunch your toes, and shuffle your sock around inside one of your leather boots. N/A Looking rather uncomfortable, XXX twists one ankle back and forth while shuffling around in one of her leather boots.
Worn Without Shoes You reach into one of your crimson wool socks and scratch the sole of your foot. Your eyelids flutter as you find sweet relief from the nagging itch. N/A XXX reaches into one of her crimson wool socks and scratches the sole of her foot. Her eyelids flutter as relief washes over her features.
Held You drag your fingernails over the weave of your crimson wool socks. N/A XXX drags her fingernails over the weave of her crimson wool socks.
SMELL Worn (shoes off) Balancing on one foot, you grab the opposite ankle and pull that foot up as high as you can manage. You teeter slightly as you bend at the waist and indiscreetly sniff one of your crimson wool socks. It doesn't seem *too* stinky! N/A Balancing on one foot, XXX grabs her opposite ankle and pulls that foot up as high as she seems to be able to manage. XXX teeters slightly as she bends at the waist and indiscreetly sniffs one of her crimson wool socks, ending the shameless spectacle with a noncommittal shrug.
Held You hold your crimson wool socks up to your face, inhaling deeply through your nose. They seem fresh enough! N/A XXX holds her crimson wool socks up to her face, inhaling deeply through her nose. She nods approvingly.

Knitted Hat

This awl makes a scripted hat to keep the head warm.

Analyze

This is the Knitted Hat!  Created specifically for a Hat made using knitting needles.

Verbs: bow, curtsy, pull, remove, scratch, sweat, toss, and wear

It can be altered freely provided it maintains a knitted appearance of some kind.

Usage

Verb First Third
BOW Quickly doffing your white woolen hat, you offer a polite bow before returning the accessory to your head. Quickly doffing her white woolen hat, Vanah offers a polite bow before returning the accessory to her head.
CURTSY Quickly doffing your white woolen hat, you offer a polite curtsy before returning the accessory to your head. Quickly doffing her white woolen hat, Vanah offers a polite curtsy before returning the accessory to her head.
PULL You pull your white woolen hat off your head, twisting and turning it as you nervously dance from foot to foot for several seconds.

Sighing dramatically, you return your white woolen hat to your head.

Vanah pulls her white woolen hat off of her head, twisting and turning it as she nervously dances from foot to foot for several seconds.

Sighing dramatically, Vanah returns her white woolen hat to her head.

REMOVE You quickly tug your white woolen hat off of your head, causing your hair to form a static-riddled halo around your head for several seconds. Vanah quickly tugs her white woolen hat off of her head, causing her hair to form a static-riddled halo around her head for several seconds.
SCRATCH You slip your fingers under the knitted band of your white woolen hat and scratch your head. Vanah slips her fingers under the knitted band of her white woolen hat and scratches her head.
SWEAT The warmth of your white woolen hat causes a bit of perspiration to bead on your forehead. Maybe the hat wasn't a good fashion choice after all. Beads of sweat begin to form on Vanah's forehead and along the edge of the knitted band of her white woolen hat.
TOSS (held) You toss your white woolen hat in the air, where it twirls for a second before you snatch it back. Vanah tosses her white woolen hat in the air, where it twirls for a second before she snatches it back.
TOSS (worn) You tear your white woolen hat off of your head and throw it on the ground. Grumbling and grousing, you stomp on it a few times in a fit of frustrated energy before snatching it off the ground and slamming it back on your head Vanah suddenly tears her white woolen hat off of her head and throws it on the ground! Grumbling and grousing, she stomps up and down on it a few times in a clear sign of frustration before snatching it off the ground and slamming it back on her head.
WEAR You slip your white woolen hat on your head and pull it down over your ears. Vanah slips her white woolen hat on her head, pulling it down to cover her ears.

Knitted Hairtie

Fluff script for a hairtie created by the knitting system.

Analyze

TWISTED to HAIRWORN
You analyze your gradient silk hairtie and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Welcome to the Knitted Hairtie!  A crotcheted gradient silk hairtie was created specifically to work with a hairtie created by knitting needles.

Verbs: flip, push*, pull*, remove, twist, wear, and whisper*

Twisting the hairtie allows you to wear it either in your hair or on your finger.

Current Hairstyle Provided (changed with flip):  He has coppery red hair with twin warbraids bound in place by gradient silk hairties, allowing the stylized shave lines from temple-to-nape to be exposed.

* Verb only triggers when worn on your finger.

It can be altered freely provided it maintains a knitted appearance of some kind.

TWISTED to RINGWORN
You analyze your gradient silk hairtie and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Welcome to the Knitted Hairtie!  A crotcheted gradient silk hairtie was created specifically to work with a hairtie created by knitting needles.

Verbs: flip, push*, pull*, remove, twist, wear, and whisper*

Twisting the hairtie allows you to wear it either in your hair or on your finger.

It is currently set to be worn on the finger.  You can remind yourself of something to do by using whisper.  To see if you have a message in place, PUSH the hairtie while it is worn.

* Verb only triggers when worn on your finger.

It can be altered freely provided it maintains a knitted appearance of some kind.

Usage

Verb WORN LOCATION First Third
FLIP HAIR-WORN only You flip your gradient silk hairtie around, changing the way that you will wear it in your hair.

Old Style: He coppery red hair riotously center-braided and riddled with gradient silk hairties where the weavings terminate.

New Style: He coppery red hair drawn back by multiple gradient silk hairties, exposing a clean-shaven scalp on either side.

NONE
PULL RING-WORN only You roll a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie down the length of your finger, trying desperately to remember what it was supposed to remind you to do. XXX rolls a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie down the length of his finger, a look of consternation on his face.
PUSH RING-WORN only w. Whisper You push a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie further up your finger, suddenly remembering that you need to pick up cat food. XXX pushes a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie further up his finger and nods slightly.
PUSH RING-WORN only w.o. Whisper You push a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie further up your finger, suddenly remembering that you need to thank the person that knitted the hairtie for you. XXX pushes a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie further up his finger and nods slightly.
REMOVE Ring-Worn You tug the knot on your gradient silk hairtie and easily unravel it from its place on your finger. XXX tugs the knot on his gradient silk hairtie and easily unravels it from its place on his finger.
REMOVE Hair-Worn Careful to not pull any hair from your head, you remove a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie and let your hair fall free of its confines. Careful to not catch any thin strands, XXX pulls gradient silk hairtie from his head and lets his hair tumble free.
TWIST From Ring to Hair You twist around a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie, deciding to wear it in your hair. XXX twists his gradient silk hairtie around, contemplating it for a moment.
TWIST From Hair to Ring You twist around a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie, deciding to wear it on your finger as a reminder.

[Don't forget to WHISPER your reminder to the hairtie.]

XXX twists his gradient silk hairtie around, contemplating it for a moment.
WEAR Ring-Worn You slip a crotcheetd gradient silk hairtie around your finger and, using your teeth and free hand, cinch it in place. XXX slips a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie around his finger and, using his teeth and free hand, cinches it in place.
WEAR Hair-Worn Drawing your hair back from your face, you hold it all in one hand and then wrap your gradient silk hairtie around it. Drawing his hair back from his face, XXX holds it all in one hand and slips a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie over it.
WHISPER Ring-Worn only You bite the end of a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie tied to your finger, cinching it tighter and hoping that it reminds you that you need to pick up cat food. XXX bites the end of the hairtie tied to his finger, cinching it tighter around his digit.

Hair Styles

  • He has coppery red hair riotously center-braided and riddled with gradient silk hairties where the weavings terminate.
  • He has coppery red hair drawn back by multiple gradient silk hairties, exposing a clean-shaven scalp on either side.
  • He has coppery red hair drawn back into twin, exposed-weave warbraids threaded with gradient silk hairties.
  • He has coppery red hair slicked back into a tight, nape-hugging ponytail bound by a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie.
  • He has coppery red hair loosely piled into a bun encircled by a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie.
  • He has coppery red hair with a small portion at each temple woven into herringbone braids held together by a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie.
  • He has coppery red hair severely styled with four, thumb-thick warbraids nape-bound in a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie.
  • He has coppery red hair center-braided with an exposed-weave herringbone style that culminates in a wrist-thick mass bound by a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie.
  • He has coppery red hair with the top loosely drawn back and held in place by a crotcheted gradient silk hairtie, while the remainder falls unfettered past the shoulders.
  • He has coppery red hair with twin warbraids bound in place by gradient silk hairties, allowing the stylized shave lines from temple-to-nape to be exposed.

Knitted Pouch

This awl creates a scripted bag

Analyze

This is the Knitted Pouch or Bag!  Created specifically for a bag or pouch made using knitting needles

Verbs: close, get, open, put, remove, tinker, touch, and wear

It can be altered freely provided it maintains a knitted appearance of some kind.

Usage

Verb First Third
CLOSE Holding the braided drawstrings at an angle from each other, you pull the knitted opening of your white woolen pouch closed and then seal it with a simple slip knot. Holding the braided drawstrings at an angle from each other, Vanah pulls the knitted opening of her white woolen pouch closed and then seals it with a simple slip knot.
DROP You slip (an item) past the knitted opening of your pouch, noting as you release the pouch that it has caused the weave to sag slightly. Vanah slips (an item) past the knitted opening of her pouch, depositing it inside.
GET You slip your hand through the knitted opening of your white woolen pouch, searching briefly with your hand for your item. After a moment, your fingers close around (an item), which you easily extract. Vanah slips her hand through the knitted opening of her white woolen pouch, her fingers briefly outlined by the woven yarn as she searches its interior. After a moment, she pulls out (an item).
OPEN Loosening the braided drawstring of your white woolen pouch, you widen the knitted opening. Loosening the braided drawstring of her white woolen pouch, Vanah widens the knitted opening.
REMOVE With nimble fingers, you pluck at the complicated knot binding your white woolen pouch to your belt and let it slip into your free hand. With nimble fingers, Vanah plucks at the complicated knot binding her white woolen pouch to her belt and lets it slip into her free hand.
TINKER (worn or held) You tinker with the weave of your white woolen pouch, adjusting any pulled or stretched-out yarn into its proper shape. Vanah tinkers with the weave of her white woolen pouch, adjusting any pulled or stretched-out yarn into its proper shape.
TOUCH (worn or held) You run your fingers over the knitting of your pouch, admiring the craftsmanship. Vanah runs her fingers over the knitting of her pouch, admiring the craftsmanship.
WEAR Using the braided ends of your drawstring closure, you attach a knitted white woolen pouch to your belt by weaving the excess strings into a complicated knot. Using the braided ends of her drawstring closure, Vanah attaches a knitted white woolen pouch to her belt by weaving the excess strings into a complicated knot.

Knitted Scarf

Analyze

This is the Knitted Scarf!  Created specifically for a Scarf made using knitting needles.

Verbs: attend, cover, fidget, shrug, pull, remove, spin, and wear

It can be altered freely provided it maintains a knitted appearance of some kind.

Usage

Verb First Third
ATTEND You carefully attend to the folds of your white woolen scarf, utterly oblivious to your surroundings. Sure hope no one is talking to you! Vanah carefully attends to the folds of her white woolen scarf. Her attention is so focused that she seems utterly oblivious to her surroundings.
COVER You bury your (face feature) face in the folds of your white woolen scarf. Vanah buries her (face feature) face in the folds of her white woolen scarf.
FIDGET You idly fidget with your white woolen scarf and absently run it across your chin and lower lip. Vanah idly fidgets with her white woolen scarf and absently runs it across her chin and lower lip.
SHRUG (held) Feeling like a hawker, you hold your white woolen scarf aloft and gesture down its length in an extravagant display of its craftsmanship. Resembling a hawker, Vanah holds her white woolen scarf aloft and gestures with the back of her hand down its length. My! What an extravagant display of craftsmanship!
SHRUG (worn) Fiddling with the fringe at the edge of your white woolen scarf, you offer a noncommittal shrug. Fiddling with the fringe at the edge of her white woolen scarf, Vanah offers a noncommittal shrug.
PULL Pulling one of the tasseled ends of your white woolen scarf up under your (nose feature) nose, you create a fake mustache with the braided fringe and strike a comical pose. What a loon! Pulling one of the tasseled ends of her white woolen scarf up under her (nose feature) nose, Vanah creates a fake mustache with the braided fringe and strikes a comical pose.
REMOVE You carefully unwind a knitted white woolen scarf from around your neck and then tug it free. Vanah carefully unwinds a knitted white woolen scarf from around her neck and then tugs it free.
SPIN You grab the end of your white woolen scarf and playfully swing it around. Vanah grabs the end of her white woolen scarf and playfully swings it around.
WEAR You wind a knitted white woolen scarf around your neck several times before patting it into place. Vanah winds a knitted white woolen scarf around her neck several times before patting it into place.

Knitted Shawl

Analyze

This is the Knitted Shawl!  Created specifically for a shawl made using knitting needles.

Verbs: blush, cuddle, pinch, remove, shrug, tickle, wave, and wear

It can be altered freely provided it maintains a knitted appearance of some kind.

Usage

Verb First Third
BLUSH (held) Feeling the heat rise in your cheeks, you ball up your white woolen shawl and bury your (face feature) face in it. Looking suddenly abash, Vanah hides her (face feature) face in her balled-up white woolen shawl.
BLUSH (worn) Twining your fingers around the ends of your white woolen shawl, you pull the garment close around you as you blush into your cupped hands. Twining her fingers around the ends of her white woolen shawl, Vanah pulls the garment close around her as she blushes into her cupped hands.
CUDDLE (held) Holding your white woolen shawl up to your (face feature) face, you rub it against your cheek and test its texture against your skin. Holding her white woolen shawl up to her (face feature) face, Vanah rubs the knitted garment against her cheek.
CUDDLE (worn) Twining your fingers around the ends of your white woolen shawl, you draw the knitted fabric closer around you and cuddle into its warmth. Twining her fingers around the ends of her white woolen shawl, Vanah draws the knitted fabric closer around her and cuddles into its warmth.
PINCH Feigning distraction, you idly pick at the pills that have formed on your white woolen shawl. Distracted by other thoughts, Vanah idly picks at the pills that have formed on her white woolen shawl.
REMOVE You tug your white woolen shawl off of your shoulders by grabbing one end and letting it slide down your arm. Once free, you neatly fold it into a triangle. Vanah tugs her white woolen shawl off of her shoulders by grabbing one end and letting it slide down her arm. Once free, she neatly folds it into a triangle.
SHRUG (held) Fiddling with the fringe at the edge of your white woolen shawl, you offer a noncommittal shrug. Fiddling with the fringe at the edge of her white woolen shawl, Vanah offers a noncommittal shrug.
SHRUG (worn) You casually shrug one shoulder, causing your white woolen shawl to slip to the crook of your arm on that side. Vanah casually shrugs one shoulder, causing her white woolen shawl to slip to the crook of her arm on that side.
TICKLE You absently run your fingers through the loose yarn fringe that decorates the lower edge of your white woolen shawl, combing it into smooth uniformity. Vanah absently runs her fingers through the loose yarn fringe that decorates the lower edge of her white woolen shawl, combing it into smooth uniformity.
WAVE (held) You wave your folded white woolen shawl in the air in an attempt to draw attention to your presence. Vanah waves her folded white woolen shawl in the air for attention.
WAVE (worn) Fingers knotted into the ends of your white woolen shawl, you gesture absently, causing the knitted garment's fringe to sway. Fingers knotted into the ends of her white woolen shawl, Vanah gestures absently, causing the knitted garment's fringe to sway.
WEAR Unfolding your white woolen shawl, you grip its knitted ends in both hands and swing it high over your head before settling it upon your shoulders Unfolding her white woolen shawl, Vanah grips its knitted ends in both hands and swings it high over her head before settling it upon her shoulders.

Knitted Snood

Fluff stuff for hair snoods that are created using knitting

Analyze

You analyze your blue silk snood and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Welcome to the Knitted Snood!  A crocheted blue silk snood was created specifically to work with a snood created by knitting needles.
Verbs: flip, push*, pull*, remove, twist*, wear, unwrap, and wrap

Wrap allows you to add a gemstone to the snood.
Unwrap allows you to remove a gemstone from the snood.
Current Gemstone in Snood: Empty
Current Hairstyle Provided (changed with flip):  Current Hairstyle Provided (changed with flip):  He has coppery red hair parted smartly down the center, with each end drawn into intricately braided buns sheathed in a crocheted blue silk snood decorated in iridescent blown glass shards

* Verb only triggers when worn

It can be altered freely provided it maintains a knitted appearance of some kind.

Usage

Verb Requirement First Third
FLIP Not Worn You flip your blue silk snood around, changing the way that you will wear it in your hair.

Old Style: He has coppery red hair pulled into a crowning bun caged in a crocheted blue silk snood, trailing rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphires, while a halo of face-framing ringlets tumbles free.

New Style: He has coppery red hair with wavy bangs drawn back into a crocheted blue silk snood bound by rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphires.

NONE
PULL Worn Emptying your eyes of emotions, you gaze vacantly ahead as you contemplate the trials and tribulations at hand. Using one finger, you pull a strand of your coppery red hair free of your blue silk snood and absently twirl it around your finger. Gazing ahead, his brow knitted in concentration, XXX tugs a strand of coppery red hair free of his blue silk snood and absently twirls it around his finger.
PUSH Worn Smoothing your coppery red hair with the flats of your hand, you gently push any stray wisps and ends into your blue silk snood. Smoothing his coppery red hair with the flats of his hand, XXX gently pushes any stray wisps and ends into his blue silk snood.
REMOVE Worn Careful to not pull any hair from your head, you remove a crocheted blue silk snood and let your hair fall free of its confines. Careful to not catch any thin strands, XXXX pulls blue silk snood from his head and lets his hair tumble free.
TWIST Worn You twist a loose strand of coppery red around your finger and then tuck it under your blue silk snood. Jenny twists a loose strand of coppery red around his finger before tucking it under his blue silk snood.
WEAR Not Worn Drawing your hair back from your face, you hold it all in one hand and then wrap your blue silk snood around it. Drawing his hair back from his face, XXX holds it all in one hand and slips a crocheted blue silk snood over it.
WRAP Not Worn Collecting loose yarn ends, you wrap a rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphire into the weave of your blue silk snood to create decorative beading. Collecting loose yarn ends, XXXX wraps a rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphire into the weave of his blue silk snood to create decorative beading.
UNWRAP Not Worn You carefully unwrap the various beads and bits woven into your blue silk snood. XXX carefully unwraps each bead into his blue silk snood, allowing them to collect in his hand.

Hairstyles

  • He has coppery red hair pulled into a crowning bun caged in a crocheted blue silk snood, trailing rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphires, while a halo of face-framing ringlets tumbles free.
  • He has coppery red hair with wavy bangs drawn back into a crocheted blue silk snood bound by rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphires.
  • He has coppery red hair parted smartly down the center, with each end drawn into intricately braided buns sheathed in a crocheted blue silk snood decorated in rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphires.
  • He has coppery red hair elegantly woven into an elaborate chignon that is overlaid in a crocheted blue silk snood with mermaid's-tear sapphire beading.
  • He has coppery red hair twisted back from the brow in elegant waves that are woven into intricate, looping braids that are laid under a crocheted blue silk snood and bound in place by mermaid's-tear sapphire-headed pins.
  • He has coppery red hair primly bound within a crocheted blue silk snood beaded in rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphires.
  • He has coppery red hair drawn back in elegant waves and held in place by a crocheted blue silk snood center-woven with a rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphire that allows the curls to flow freely down the back.
  • He has coppery red hair lightly drawn back within a crocheted blue silk snood, while allowing the wavy bangs to tumble free to frame the face.
  • He has coppery red hair loosely collected within a crocheted blue silk snood.
  • He has coppery red hair loosely bound within a crocheted blue silk snood dappled in tiny rich cerulean mermaid's-tear sapphires.
Darning Awl/Zests Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Clothing
Container
Accessory
Item(s) Applied to Items from the Knitting System
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep No
Feature(s) Altered Yes
Hairquirk
Original Release Venue Rumor Woods
Corresponding Item Scripts Pincushion
Yarn bowl
Knitting needles
Darning awl
Restrictions Only works on Finished Knitting Projects
Item Verbs
FLIP PULL PUSH TWIST
REMOVE WEAR WHISPER


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