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Blogger Cassie is a self-proclaimed nerd and an obsessive knitter, and has made her latest big project the subject of its very own blog: MarioScarf. If you’re not geek enough to guess what the Mario Scarf is just from its title, allow a former 8-bit addict to lay it out for you: Cassie has taken it upon herself to knit “the entire first-level map of Super Mario Brothers. SMB levels are linear maps and the Mario and Luigi characters move from left to right from start to the castle at the end. Also, the images in these games are designed in the 8-bit fashion and look like they were drawn using graph paper. Each knitting stitch can replicate a square in the image making knitted 8-bit images look like they’re supposed to.” (Above, Cassie’s awesome knitnerd tattoo.)
But why take on such a daunting project? There have been Nintendo-inspired knitting projects before, but certainly none of this magnitude. Cassie explains:
Jason and I were talking about our future. We both know that we want to get married, but as Jason will be attending law school in fall 2008, I’m still looking for a teaching job, and Jason just bought a house, having a wedding seems a little bit out of our budget for the time being; however, we’re open to the possibility of getting engaged soon. Jason decided to to offer me a deal- when the Mario Scarf is finished then he will propose. Motivation at last!
Good luck, Cassie!
Comments (11)
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That is AWESOME! Good luck to Cassie with the project!
posted by Roger on 8-7-2008 at 10:14 am
How fantastically Penelopean!!!
posted by Christine on 8-7-2008 at 10:35 am
Oh, wow. Truly courageous!
posted by Rachel on 8-7-2008 at 10:44 am
Oh my good gracious! Thanks so much for posting about this and I can’t believe my tattoo is the main pic. All the support is fantastic.
posted by Cassie on 8-7-2008 at 1:29 pm
Good luck! I wish it were always like that; goals would simplify things. If my knitting would get a proposal, I’d be more industrious.
posted by RJ on 8-7-2008 at 2:23 pm
That. is. so. AWESOME.
I think its glory made my eyeballs melt.
posted by Kate on 8-7-2008 at 2:47 pm
That is the height of gamer-geek awesomeness. Good luck Cassie!
reCaptcha: those guyed
posted by Amy on 8-7-2008 at 3:12 pm
i and those sitting near me are in awe of this project. i’m proud to read it wearing my “yarrrn” tshirt!
posted by ir_kr on 8-7-2008 at 8:10 pm
I always wanted that Yarrrrn t shirt!!!
I want that scarf! You should really make more and sell them!
posted by Emmie on 8-8-2008 at 8:17 am
That is fantastic. I can’t wait to see the finished product!
posted by Celeste M. on 8-9-2008 at 1:32 am
Looks like someone on Tech Digest/Red Ferret doesn’t really know what knitting is. I saw the original post on Craftster, and while it says she hand-dyed the felt, there is no indication that she did any knitting. She sewed and embroidered those; they aren’t knit!
posted by Jenny on 8-10-2008 at 3:06 pm