Nerdy, geeky person enters, stage left:

So, there I sat. I’d already run my daily World of Warcraft instance and was all ~gung-ho~ to run it with my moonkin, but alas, the queue was taking *forever*. Being the patient, calm, laid-back person that I am (Hush!), I realized I had only 2 choices: run laps around Dalaran (Once did 57 before my queue popped – yes, I counted!) Or dig out some crochet thread and *get busy*. Fearful of breaking my Dalaran lap record, I decided to go with the latter.

There was still that one overlay crochet project three-quarters of the way finished, and I decided I’d attack it and get it out of the way. Of course, I’m no one to follow a pattern without putting some type of twist of my own into it, so I decided to switch colors on the crocheted rope, but as happens all too often, no sooner had I started it than I realized, “Wow, that’s going to look terrible!” So back to the pattern I went, leaving this tiny bit of crocheted rope all forlorn and lost amid the heaps of yarnthreadskeinsneedleshooksandbeads on my desk.

Now, here, we’re going to completely skip over the ensuing mad rope-crochet-a-thon that saw me *forget to stop*, making a rope 1.5 feet longer than intended. (Don’t we all want our necklaces to hang to our thighs? Yeah, me neither.) Instead, we’re jumping straight into ~voila~, the overlay crochet project is *done*! And, unfortunately, I can’t post a photo of it because it’s a Christmas present. (Sshhhh, they mustn’t find out :O)

Also? Just FYI, you can crochet about 6 to 8 inches of a crocheted rope before your World of Warcraft queue will pop if you’re DPS. The “Wait! I’ve to mark my crochet stitch!” just before the tank pulls is always guaranteed to win you oodles of friends, too! …And by “oodles of friends”, I mean “blank stares”.

Anyways, there I am, running the daily instance, killing giant spiders, and smacking on demons, when suddenly a ZOMGEPIC ring drops just as I happen to glance up and see the little forlorn piece of crocheted rope I’d started and put down. “Heeyyyy,” I thought to myself, “That’s about the size of a ring. I wonder what I could do with that?”

Well, clearly, you can make your very own ZOMGEPIC ring AND a choker to go with it:

Floral Choker and Ring

I’m now considering several variations on the idea and am contemplating offering them for sale. The choker looks beautiful when worn and *everyone* has commented on my new ring.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have another World of Warcraft instance to run for even more crochet ideas… O.O