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Knitting needles are used to create character knitted items. They appear to have been first sold on the 2005 Wavedancer run in a shop called Needles That Knit, with each pair making a given item. They were color-coded to indicate what item they made.
Since that time they have been sold at various events. Variable-pattern knitting needles that make the original 12 patterns have been distributed through other means, such as raffles. They are also currently available during Rumor Woods at Purls Of Wisdom.
NeedlesAnalyze
You analyze your knitting needles and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item has restrictions on changing the noun."
The creator has also provided the following information:
These are knitting needles that you can knit yarn with. These are variable-pattern knitting needles that can be cycled through different patterns. They may be freely altered as long as they remain knitting needles. They can have a long description, but not a show description.
Usage:
TURN - Toggle between patterns. TURN needles TO {pattern} to skip to a specific pattern.
PROD - Toggle between styles
PUSH - Add yarn to the needles
DIP - Knit a row
PULL - Remove a row or remove yarn from needles
CUT - Remove yarn from needles
FLIP - Change order of two yarn colors
SHAKE - Give up on the knitting project
PONDER - Cycle through the available unlocked design styles
WHISPER - Select one of the unlocked design styles. Syntax is WHISPER MY knitting needles {design}. You may need to PROD the needles to make sure the style is chosen for your project.
These needles have the following patterns unlocked. You can TURN the needles TO <pattern> to skip to your chosen option:
General: scarf, muffler, hat, socks, mittens, gloves, stockings, shawl, bag, pouch, sweater, or satchel.
| Verb
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Style
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First
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Third
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| CUT
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Style
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You tie off your row, cut the yarn off some thin knitting needles, and wind a skein of chocolate-hued yarn onto your waiting hand.
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N/A
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| DIP
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Initial
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You begin work on your crimson wool socks, the needles moving along with determination requiring your complete attention. You have 19 more rows to complete.
Roundtime: 42 sec.
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XXX busily knits away at something with her knitting needles, the task taking up her complete attention.
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| Subsequent
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You continue to work on your crimson wool socks, the needles moving along with determination requiring your complete attention. You have 15 more rows to complete.
Roundtime: 12 sec.
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| Last
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You continue to work on your trukt, the needles moving along with determination requiring your complete attention. You bind off the last row of stitches and then sever the yarn, <leaving some spidersilk yarn on the needles.> With a sense of satisfaction, you finish off a pair of thin knitted spidersilk trukt!
Roundtime: 12 sec.
Note: < > will say 'using up the last of your yarn' if the last of yarn is last row.
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XXX busily knits away at something with her knitting needles, the task taking up her complete attention.
With a satisfied nod, XXX finishes her knitting. She adds a few final touches, leaving her with a pair of thin knitted spidersilk trukt.
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| FLIP
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Style
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You contemplate changing a knitted chocolate-hued and vanilla-hued satchel into a knitted vanilla-hued and chocolate-hued satchel.
To change the satchel, FLIP the needles again in the next 30 seconds.
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N/A
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| LOOK
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With work in progress
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You glance at some knitting needles, noticing the knitting needles are in the middle of making [a soft knitted midnight blue cloak]. At least <2 rows have been completed, out of 60 rows for the cloak> to be complete. It looks like there's enough (soft midnight blue yarn for a multitude of rows).
NOTE: Item between [] will be item you are working on. Information between <> will vary according to item you are working on. Information between () will list yarn you are working with and amount of yarn left, example is from permified skein of yarn. Last line will not be there if there is no yarn left.
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N/A
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| Starting new project
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You glance at some knitting needles, noticing a small mark on the end of the needles in the shape of [a cloak]. It looks like there's enough soft midnight blue yarn for <a multitude> of rows.
NOTE: Item between [] will be item you are working on. Information between <> will vary according to amount of yarn you have left, example is from permified skein of yarn. Line will not be there if there is no yarn on needles.
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N/A
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| PONDER
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Style
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You ponder over which {group} design to knit: {Followed by list of designs in the current group}. NOTE: Every time you PONDER it gives you the next group of designs.
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N/A
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| PROD
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Style
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You depress the end of the knitting needles and hear them click! The etched print of a knitted {description item} now appears on the end of the knitting needles.
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XXX depresses her knitting needles, and they emit a *click*!
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| PULL
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With multiple rows finished
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You undo the last row you completed on a {description} {item}.
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XXX removes the last row from her knitting, piling the yarn into her hand.
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| Last row on the needles
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You undo the last row you completed on a {description} {item}. As you undo the last row, the yarn piles into your hand. That was the only completed row of yarn.
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XXX removes the last row from her knitting, piling the yarn into her hand.
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| You've cut the yarn or there is no yarn left on needles
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There's simply nothing there to pull off the needles - looks like you used it all up.
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N/A
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| PUSH
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To load
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Using your needles, you loop several stitches of your gold-flecked crimson wool yarn onto one of the needles as you begin to create gold-flecked a pair of gold-flecked knitted crimson wool socks.
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XXX loops several stitches of her crimson wool yarn onto one of her needles as she begins to knit.
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| Already loaded
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There is already some crimson wool yarn loaded onto your knitting needles. You can DIP the needles to knit, or SHAKE the needles to remove the crimson wool yarn.
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N/A
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| SHAKE
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With yarn on them
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You snip the yarn close to the needles and wind the {description} yarn neatly into your hand. You give your knitting needles a good shake.
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XXX snips the yarn close to her knitting needles and winds the spidersilk yarn neatly around her hand. XXX gives her knitting needles a hearty shake.
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| Nothing on needles
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You give your knitting needles a good shake.
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XXX gives her knitting needles a hearty shake.
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| Without empty hand
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You really ought to have a hand free to wind the yarn onto.
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N/A
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| TURN
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Style
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You turn the end of the knitting needles and hear them click! The etched print of a/an {item} now appears on the end of the knitting needles.
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XXX turns her knitting needles until they click!
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| WHISPER
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Must include the design you want
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You decide to knit a {design}-patterned coat.
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N/A
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Yarn
Yarn for knitting projects can be purchased at the Mist Harbor shop Knit It as well as at festivals and other events. Yarn can be dyed using alchemy dye, the dyer's tent dye, or cobbling dye. The dyed yarn will retain an acceptable material and any special adjective; only the color will change. Yarn that has a long description (instead of just a 15/15/15 base description) will need to be CLEANed prior to being dyed.Analyze
You analyze your white tartan yarn and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
This is a skein of yarn that can be used to create garments using knitting needles. It will create contrasting knitted white tartan garments when completed. There is enough contrasting white tartan yarn to knit an unlimited number of garments.
You can use certain dyes to change the color, or have the yarn altered by a merchant. Only the color and material can be changed. You can also choose a description for the entire knitted garment, such as fluffy or soft.
Acceptable materials are: wool, alpaca, angora, Aldoran wool, bresuna, buckram, cameline, captiql, cavelta, chenille, cotton, dagswain, fraelhan, flannel, flax, fleece, heather, krinklevelt, lamb's wool, lambilen, linen, maedatha, malghavan wool, wylten, merino wool, mohair, moreen, myssamere, oiremere, oxilen, paeline, pashmina, plumille, qiviut, ramie linen, roltalen, rolton wool, ruhani wool, rackhal, sailcloth, silk, flyrsilk, lotus silk, ramie silk, raw silk, ridgeweaver silk, sea silk, spidersilk, stoutfoot wool, tartan, tweed, vaslavilen, vicuna, wild silk, woolen, wynelen, yierkale, and yierka wool.
Using materials outside this list will not work with dyes and may have unexpected results, or not be permifiable.
Additional Information
Patterns
The following table indicates what items you can make using knitting needles, and the number of rows each item requires:
| Original Patterns
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| Item |
Rows |
Worn |
Pockets
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| Scarf |
10 |
neck |
no
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| Muffler |
13 |
neck |
no
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| Hat |
15 |
head |
no
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| Socks |
20 |
feet |
no
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| Mittens |
17 |
hands |
no
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| Gloves |
20 |
pin |
no
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| Stockings |
25 |
legs |
no
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| Shawl |
15 |
cloak |
no
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| Bag |
10 |
belt |
25
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| Pouch |
5 |
belt |
20
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| Sweater |
35 |
chest |
no
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| Satchel |
40 |
shoulder |
30
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| Container Upgrade
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| Item |
Rows |
Worn |
Pockets
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| Apron |
25 |
Over the Front |
VSA for 2 items
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| Basket |
15 |
Belt |
20
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| Backpack |
60 |
Back |
100
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| Cape |
60 |
Cloak |
100
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| Carryall |
60 |
Back |
100
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| Clutch |
25 |
Wrist |
5
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| Purse |
40 |
Shoulder |
30
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| Wrap |
60 |
Cloak |
100
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| Vest |
25 |
Over the Front |
VSA for 2 items
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| Clothing Upgrade
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| Item |
Rows |
Worn
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| Dress |
40 |
Chest
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| Earmuffs |
20 |
Head
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| Hairtie |
5 |
Hair
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| Headband |
20 |
Head
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| Leggings |
25 |
Leggings
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| Overdress |
25 |
Over the Front
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| Pants |
25 |
Legs
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| Petticoat |
40 |
Legs
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| Skirt |
25 |
Legs
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| Snood |
15 |
Head
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| Undershirt |
25 |
Gambeson
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| Additional Clothing and Container Upgrade
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| Item |
Rows |
Worn |
Pockets
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| Cloak |
60 |
Cloak |
100
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| Coat |
60 |
Cloak |
100
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| Jacket |
60 |
Back |
100
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| Robe |
60 |
Cloak |
100
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| Tote |
40 |
Shoulder |
30
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| Gown |
40 |
Chest |
NA
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| Shirt |
40 |
Chest |
NA
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| Sundress |
40 |
Chest |
NA
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| Tunic |
40 |
Chest |
NA
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| Brooch |
20 |
Pin |
NA
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| Armband |
20 |
Arms |
NA
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| Cobbling Upgrade
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| Item |
Rows |
Notes
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| Cobbling Trim |
10 |
Lining
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| Cobbling Upper |
20 |
The color will be ignored -- only the material carries through. Any detail exceeding 15 characters will truncate to 'knitted'.
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| Mount Accessory Upgrade
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| Item |
Rows
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| Headband |
10
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| Foreleg wraps |
15
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| Hind leg wraps |
15
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| Scarf |
10
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| Neck Wrap |
10
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| Blanket |
40
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| Capelet |
40
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| Wereuppy Accessory Upgrade
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| Item |
Rows
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| Puppy bandana |
10
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| Puppy bow |
10
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| Weapon Wrap Upgrade
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| Item |
Rows |
Notes
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| Weapon Wrap |
10 |
a length of (adjective) knitted (color) material
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| Trukt Upgrate
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| Item |
Rows |
Worn
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| Trukt |
20 |
Hand
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| Pup Tent Upgrade
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| Item |
Rows |
Notes
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| rug |
40 |
Bedroll to be placed on the ground or in a Pup Tent
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| carpet |
40 |
Bedroll to be placed on the ground or in a Pup Tent
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Designs
Variable-pattern knitting needles can be PRODded to toggle through different designs. Some designs require multiple colors of yarn be used, as noted below.
| Design |
2 Color
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| striped |
Y
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| chevron-patterned |
Y
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| diamond-patterned |
Y
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| ribbed |
N
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| zig zag-patterned |
Y
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| floral-patterned |
Y
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| cable-knit |
N
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| crocheted |
N
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| garter-stitched |
N
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- Design Upgrade
Unlocking additional designs on variable pattern knitting needles allows you to WHISPER a selection to the needles. PONDER will cycle through the available categories of options.
| Design Upgrade
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| Design |
2 Color
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| design-patterned |
N
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| design-motif |
N
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To view the available Design for Animals, click here.
| alligator, bat, bear, bronco, buck, bug, bumblebee, bunny, butterfly, capybara, caribou, cat, centaur, chinchilla, cobra, cow, crab, deer, damselfly, dog, doe, dolphin, dragon, fly, dragonfly, eel, elephant, elk, fawn, fish, firefly, fox, frog, gazelle, goat, griffin, ghost, ghostfly, glimaerfly, hart, hawk, hog, hedgehog, hind, horse, iguana, jackal, kitten, koala, kobold, koi, kraken, ladybug, lemur, lion, lizard, lobster, loris, mantis, minotaur, monkey, moose, morduska, moth, mouse, mustang, narwhal, octopus, orc, otter, panda, pegasus, penguin, phoenix, pig, pixie, polar bear, pony, puppy, qahzumar, rabbit, raccoon, reindeer, roa'ter, rolton, sea anemone, selshis, serpent, shark, skeleton, skull, snake, spider, sprite, stag, stallion, starfish, teadragon, tentacle, tiger, toad, tortoise, troll, turtle, unicorn, weasel, wendigo, whale, witch, wolf, wombat, wraith, wyvern, yierka, bird, bluebird, cardinal, chicken, crow, duck, dove, eagle, egret, blood eagle, finch, flamingo, flycatcher, heron, ibis, macaw, merlin, owl, parrot, peacock, pelican, pheasant, raven, rook, rooster, seagull, songbird, swan, turkey, wren, fairywren, hummingbird.
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To view the available Design Florals, click here.
| floral, flower, blossom, alyssum, amaranth, anemone, angelica, aster, begonia, bleeding heart, bluebell, bougainvillea, buttercup, butterfly weed, campion, cactus flower, carnation, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, clematis, clivia, columbine, cothinar flower, crocus, daffodil, dahlia, daisy, dandelion, datura, dragonstalk, edelweiss, feverfew, flamestalk, forget-me-not, freesia, frostflower, gardenia, geranium, ginger blossom, goldenrod, heather, heliotrope, hellebore, hibiscus, honeysuckle, honeywort, hyacinth, hydrangea, iceblossom, iris, lavender, lilac, lily, blood lily, calla lily, daylily, tiger lily, snow lily, stargazer lily, water lily, lotus blossom, jasmine, jessamine, larkspur, lupine, magnolia, monkeyflower, moonflower, morning glory, mournbloom, nightshade, orange blossom, orchid, pansy, snow pansy, passionflower, peony, petunia, phlox, plumeria, poinsettia, poppy, posy, rose, rosebud, dog rose, primrose, fairy primrose, tea rose, winter rose, sirenflower, snapdragon, sunflower, thistle, trillium, tulip, tuberose, violet, alpine violet, wood violet, wildflower, wisteria, zinnia.
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To view the available Design for Nature, click here.
| autumnal, celestial, heraldic, moon phase, paisley, frost, tropical, star, starburst, sunburst, moon, moon and star, crescent moon, threefold moon, nightscape, eclipse, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, cloud, storm cloud, thundercloud, rainbow, lightning bolt, raindrop, snowflake, snowman, flame, fire, rising smoke, paw print, footprint, handprint, claw, talon, jack-o-lantern, bramble, branch, cactus, fern, forest, frond, ivy, leaf, maple leaf, mushroom, palm frond, pine needle, pumpkin, wreath, holly, mistletoe, reed, rosette, shamrock, tendril, thorn, toadstool, tree, vine, grape vine, willow, coral, seascape, shell, wave, volcano, apple, berry, cherry, cake, cookie, fruit, honeycomb, muffin, pie, pie slice, pineapple, potato, strawberry, tart, waffle, watermelon, marallis berry, sovyn clove, sweetfern, garlic clove.
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To view the available Design Patterns, click here.
| abstract, arabesque, dotted, fractal, geometric, herringbone, lattice, scalloped, scrollwork, scale, sinuous, woodgrain, zigzag, anchor, arrow, bell, chevron, cityscape, coffin, diamond, feather, heart, square, triangle, interlocked ring, spiderweb, spiral, wisp.
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To view the available Design for Professoin, click here.
| bow, claidhmore, sword, shield, shield and sword, crossed sword, scimitar, sickle, boat, brigantine, carrack, frigate, galleon, ship, airship, pirate, pirate flag, bottle, wine bottle, gear, sprocket, coin, lock, key, lock and key, lockpick, scarab, playing card, clasped hands, praying hands, open hand, skull, demon, eye, rune, runestaff, runestone, shrunken head, scroll, wand, cauldron, mortar and pestle, book, quill, artist's brush, brush stroke, palette, palette and brush, lute, flute, harp, music note, skillet, butter churn, needle, needle and thread, spindle, mitten, sleigh, wagon, giftbox, present, spoon, fork, teapot, teacup, bride, bridesmaid, groom, maiden, cigar, guillotine, bone, brain, corpse, fang, finger, fingernail, fist, intestine, incisor, kidney, liver, spleen, toe, toenail, tooth, gravestone, headstone, tombstone, broomstick, mop, candelabra, chalice, lamp, lantern, sconce.
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To view the available Design for Religion, click here.
| angel, anvil, artist's brush, black widow, broken skull, cat's head, chelioboros, clenched fist, conjoined circles, crescent moon, crown, crystal ball, dagger, dagger-pierced heart, doe, dolphin, eight-pointed star, feather, flame, gate and key, grain sheaf, heart, hourglass, jackal's head, key, leaf, lily, lute, musical note, ouroboros, pegasus, rose, tentacled star, six-tentacled star, slit-pupiled eye, scimitar, scroll, serpent, shield, sickle, skull, star, stone giant, stone giantess, sunburst, sword, trident, two-headed serpent.
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Walkthrough
The following is original page content:
Adapted from a Player's Corner post by Nilandia 21 September 2007
Knitting needles sold off the shelf can only make one pattern; other needles exist that can knit all patterns.
Skeins sold at events had 15 rows and custom yarn had 20, but the yarn sold at the shop on FWI only has 10. Some of the stats for the items have changed.
Since these needles will let you knit any of the patterns, you should first decide what you want to make. You'll LOOK at the needles to find out what they're set to currently and TURN them to the setting you want. Available projects are: bag, pouch, sweater, satchel, scarf, muffler, hat, socks, mittens, gloves, stockings and shawl.
Changing the pattern looks thus: You turn the end of the ivory knitting needles and hear them click! The etched print of a pouch now appears on the end of the ivory knitting needles.
Next decide what sort of yarn to use. The type of yarn you use will decide what your finished project will look like. Using silk yarn, for example, will result in "a knitted silk <item>." There is a way to have more than one yarn style appear in the finished product, which I'll get into later.
Once you've decided on your yarn, make sure you have enough. Most unused yarn skeins have enough for 15 rows of knitting, but some projects use more than that. Satchels, for example, use 40 rows.
To start your knitting, have your needles and yarn out and PUSH your needles, which when done correctly will look like this:
Using your needles, you loop several stitches of your ebon yarn onto one of the needles as a beginning to knitting the pouch.
Now, you're ready to knit. You will need to have a free hand to knit, otherwise you get the message:
Come on, the needles are not that good. You need both hands free to knit.
To knit a row, you want to DIP your needles. Once you do, you'll either knit a row with a healthy amount of roundtime, or you'll slip an extra stitch in, which will force you to pull out the row you just made.
Trying to knit without any yarn will give the message:
Before you start again, you'll need to add some more yarn.
Knitting a row successfully looks like so:
You <begin/continue to> work on your pouch, the needles moving along with a magical determination that requires your complete attention.
Roundtime: 74 sec.
(Roundtime can vary between in the 30's up until around 80 or so.)
Getting a stitch stuck will look like:
Your ivory knitting needles click along at a nearly dizzying pace, speeding out of control and throwing an extra stitch in the last row! As if they had been bound with a spell, the needles refuse to move any further; perhaps you should remove that error in the last row and try again?
(This step has no roundtime.)
If you try to continue knitting after messing up, you'll see:
Try as you might, the needles won't budge. You might need to remove the error in the last row first.
(This also has no roundtime)
To pull out a row of stitches, you just need to PULL your needles, which will look like:
You undo the last row you completed on a pouch. With a sense of relief, you note that undoing that last row took out the error, too.
Roundtime: 39 sec.
(Roundtime for removing a row seems to run similarly to successfully knitting a row)
You can also PULL out other rows you've completed, which will look like:
You undo the last row you completed on a pouch.
Roundtime: 47 sec.
(Roundtime also seems to run along the same time frame as completing a row)
If you need to pull off the first row you completed, you will have the same roundtime and the yarn you used will empty into your free hand and you can PUSH the needles to start again. The messaging for what exactly ends up in your hand also appears to be slightly bugged, as I've seen nouns other than "yarn" message as going to my hand.
To check your progress, simply LOOK at your needles. In the middle of working on a pouch, mine look like this:
You glance at some slender ivory knitting needles etched with trailing vines of lightly-tinted rosebuds, noticing the ivory knitting needles are in the middle of making a pouch. At least 1 rows have been completed, out of 5 rows for the pouch to be complete. It looks like there's enough ebon yarn for another 14 rows. Seems that it's been recently since the ivory knitting needles were used last.
Once you've completed your project, you will automatically remove it from your needles and it is ready to use immediately. The extra yarn will be left on your needles.
Now, say you want to get creative with what your project will look like. It is possible to have two separate styles of yarn appear in your finished project. What you need to do is start with one style of yarn and knit through the entire skein without completing the project. Then, you'll need to add another skein of your second style and finish your project. When you finish, your project will be along the lines of, "a knitted <first style> and <second style> <item>." I, unfortunately, don't recall which order you put the yarn on will correspond to the order of the styles in the finished piece.
You can also put three or more styles into a piece, and the finished project will come out multihued.
Now, for stats, these are what I know.
See above chart under items.
Regarding replacing your yarn. From what I remember in chatting with Wilmea on the Wavedancer, there is a possibility of a yarn shop opening somewhere, either temporarily or permanently, so we can replenish our stocks. It was also mentioned that there is a shop in Solhaven that carries yarn and that maybe Wilmea might want to look into carrying her stock there, but nothing definite was determined.
Good luck, and have fun!
Gretchen
See Also
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| Knitting needles Information
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| Type
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Fluff
Crafting
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| Item Classification
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Accessory
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| Item(s) Applied to
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| Alterable
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Yes
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| Light/Deep
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| Original Release Venue
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Wavedancer
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| Original Release Year
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2005
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