binary scarf, space invader socks
I don't know how to knit, but if I did, I would totally make this scarf and these socks.
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If youre reading my blog, you probably got here from my wifes blog, and so youre probably a knitter. Well, Im a geek. And this post by Wil Wheaton (very brief) may have achieved knitter/geek synergistic perfection. Heh... [Read More]
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And with this one post, you have certain risen to the top of my wife's "must read" list (you've been near the top, but now...) We've been readers for a couple of years, but she's a knitter, and reads that site daily. Just the fact that you mentioned will tickle her no end.
Posted by:Dave Honsinger | March 08, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Er, that's "certainLY"
Posted by:Dave Honsinger | March 08, 2007 at 12:52 PM
That scarf reminds me of Doctor Who...
Posted by:SenseLess | March 08, 2007 at 12:55 PM
The scarf reminds me of the female character from Neal Stephenson's Baroque Trilogy. At one point she uses crosspoint to keep a journal in binary! If the top stitch lays to the right it's a 0 if it lays to the left it's a 1. If I remember correctly she learned the binary language from the German natural philosopher Leibniz. If you have not read these books then you are not the geek you think you are!
Does the scarf contain a binary message or is it just random one's and zero's?
Posted by:KevinBe | March 08, 2007 at 01:13 PM
Well, now I know what to make my geek friends for Christmas! LOL Those are wild!
Posted by:Jax | March 08, 2007 at 01:19 PM
Those are awesome! I bet I could totally get my husband's grandma to knit them too. She made him and his Dad Dr. Who scarves from a pattern I found online.
Posted by:Gaea | March 08, 2007 at 01:24 PM
are those socks not the bomb? :) i love knitty, and upon showing them to my husband got an immediate request for them :)
now that i've seen that scarf too (don't know how i missed it, thank you!) i'll have to make him one of those as well!
you might want to check out real men knit - i'm positive you could learn how, and these would be great (and manly!) first projects!
Posted by:electricsoup | March 08, 2007 at 01:35 PM
I am a knitter, and an avid reader/subscriber of Knitty.com....as soon as I saw those I KNEW I had to make them...problem is I have to make 2 of each...for me and my honey...we will be the matching geek couple!
Posted by:vikkiemv | March 08, 2007 at 01:49 PM
I wonder how many readers of your blog will out themselves as knitters because of this post. I think you may be surprised by how many geeks are knitters, too! I know I am!
Posted by:Sherylb | March 08, 2007 at 01:52 PM
I had to do it.
I took a few rows (11111001 10001111 01000110 11011000 10000101) and a quick conversion gives "ùFØ…�"
Whoa.
Unless she's into 1337 5p33|< too?
Doubleplusgeekygood.
Posted by:DJC | March 08, 2007 at 01:59 PM
Hehe, I think we had an influx of knitters from that one time the Clown Sweater picture came out in the knitting community. I saw the Space Invaders pattern and thought it was way awesome. Haha.
Posted by:June | March 08, 2007 at 02:00 PM
I'm a knitter, too, and the first thing I thought was, "I should totally make that scarf and send it to Wil." I wonder how many scarfs he'll get? lol
Posted by:Jasmine S | March 08, 2007 at 02:19 PM
Hmmmm...what size are your feet?
Posted by:TwinMom | March 08, 2007 at 02:59 PM
yeah, i saw those socks yesterday when the issue came out and i thought that i totally had to make them! my husband thought they were pretty cool too.
Posted by:gleek | March 08, 2007 at 03:10 PM
Yep, another knitter here. I'd love to make the socks but the scarf would drive me nuts. Too long! The socks are amazing. I'll bet my son would actually wear those!
I'm also wondering how many of these you'll receive as gifts. You should totally learn to knit but those are a bit advanced for first projects. Don't drive yourself crazy.
Posted by:Liz | March 08, 2007 at 03:17 PM
PRETTY COLORS!!!!!
:)
Posted by:Azriel | March 08, 2007 at 03:33 PM
uhhhh, i meant your site... not so much the scarf.
Posted by:Azriel | March 08, 2007 at 03:34 PM
I've been working on the binary scarf for a friend - but I upped the geek ante and actually wrote a personal message in it.
Then, I decided that I would like a pi scarf. The only problem is that I have to knit it upside-down and backwards, in order to be able to start with 3.14159...
Resistance is Futile...
I saw the space invaders socks, today... and have decided that that shall be my next knitting conquest!
Posted by:Samurai Avon Lady | March 08, 2007 at 04:10 PM
Perhaps you can knit some sense into This Knucklehead!
Posted by:BBTMagazine | March 08, 2007 at 04:28 PM
I feel like a bit of a cyber-stalker for admitting this but I'm a Knitty reader and IMMEDIATELY thought of you, Wil, when I saw that scarf.
With your SciFi cred I thought you might like my very own Dr Who hat and my son's CyberSweater (it says "delete" on his rear).
You ARE watching the new Who, aren't you?
Posted by:Julie | March 08, 2007 at 05:00 PM
Ah I love the scarf! Though I'd have to make sure each row spelled out something. Hmm, write a program in assembler, translate it to... Oh jeez.
Posted by:Tandaina | March 08, 2007 at 05:22 PM
OMG ME WANTS!
Posted by:starshine_diva | March 08, 2007 at 06:22 PM
Heh, didn't even have to click the links to know the patterns you were talking about. Here's another badass geek knit: http://www.twosheep.com/helix/
Posted by:Erica | March 08, 2007 at 09:03 PM
I don't knit, but thankfully I have talented friends who do, who now have that pattern and offers for compensation for time/materials (which they likely won't take anyways) to make me one of each. I'm giddy that they agreed!
Thank you for posting the links Wil! I can't wait to get this now.
Posted by:Syndelin | March 09, 2007 at 04:18 AM
I'd make them for you if you didn't have so many offers already. ^_^ You're too popular!!
Posted by:LauraLittlePony | March 09, 2007 at 07:02 AM