TEXT: Keep Warm in Your Travels
  Hello dear,
  It’s been a long day, the years have gone by, and it’s wonderful that you have decided to 
  make a gift for your grandchild. They may not be related by blood, but they still love you 
  and call you their grandparent. Your little adventurer is certainly making a name for 
  themself, but my they must be just a little cold in these winter months. It’s wonderful that 
  you’re making them a gift, even if you’re just starting to learn to craft.
  In this game, you are playing a grandparent to someone’s player character in an already 
  existing campaign. This could be your friend’s PC, an actual play podcast PC, or an 
  adventurer on a show you enjoy. You are handcrafting them, your grandchild, your little 
  adventurer, a gift. 
  If your little adventurer is a character in an actual play podcast or in a show, this is a solo 
  game.
  If a friend wants to join in as the adventurer, it’s a two player game.
  I personally prefer knitting, and will focus on knitting a hat, as it usually takes less time 
  than a scarf. If you prefer crochet, or loom knitting, or any other fiber art, please use that 
  craft instead, or stick to the end for non-fiber crafts. Your time will vary based your 
  experience with knitting, and how much you may change colors.
  
  For this game please have:
  ● 4 colors of yarn
  ● Black
  ● Red (or a color you associate with 
  warmth)
  ● Blue (or a color you associate with 
  emotional distance)
  ● Your character’s favorite color (or your 
  favorite color if they don’t have one)
  ● Knitting needles
  ● Stitch marker
  ● Time to either listen to your actual play 
  podcast, or time to chat with your friend
  Starting your gift
      Please cast on your yarn and complete 
  the brim of the hat (if you’re working bottom 
  up) or the increases in your hat (if you’re 
  working top down) in your grandchild’s 
  favorite color. As you are making this, please 
  place a stitch marker at the end of the round 
  (Please see the Patterns section if this 
  doesn’t make sense) Once you’ve finished 
  that, please start listening to your 
  grandchild’s adventures while you knit. 
  While you knit, keep with this color 
  pattern:
      Default is your grandchild’s favorite color
      Red when you’re pleased or proud of 
  them
      Blue when you wish they did better
  Making your gift    
  Please start listening to your show, or talk 
  with your friend about the adventure. If you 
  are with a friend, please let them speak as 
  their character, and you chat with them as 
  their grandparent. As you listen, or 
  converse, continue knitting in the default 
  color. If you feel that red or blue matches 
  how you feel about your little adventurer, 
  then switch to that color until you reach the 
  stitch marker. Do you still feel that way 
  towards your grandchild? If you do, please 
  continue knitting in that color until you reach 
  the stitch marker again, and ask yourself 
  how you feel again. If the moment passed, 
  please switch back to the default color.
  
  There are dangers
  Your grandchild is an adventurer in a truly 
  dangerous world. I’m sorry, but we need to 
  talk about the possibility of their death.
  If they pass away, please switch to the black 
  yarn. Continue in pattern for what feels like 
  an inch, or however long you feel black is 
  the appropriate color to use. You don’t need 
  to measure. If you think they died doing 
  something you feel is good, switch to the red 
  yarn, also for about an inch or however long 
  you feel. Switch to their favorite color when 
  you are ready, and continue the pattern in 
  that color, unless you feel you want to switch 
  to a different color for a bit, then back to their 
  favorite color
  Finishing your gift
  When you are about to start decreases on 
  your hat (if bottom up) or the brim (if top 
  down), switch to your grandchild’s favorite 
  color and finish the pattern.
  Preparing your gift
  If you’d like, please write a short letter for 
  your grandchild to go with the hat. Thank 
  them for keeping in touch. Wish them well in 
  their travels, offer the hat for when it’s cold 
  outside, or for when they feel coldness 
  coming. Please tell them you love them.
  Giving your gift
  If a friend is playing the part of the 
  grandchild, offer them the item with the letter 
  on top. If you do not personally know the 
  person whose character you’re making the 
  item for, keep it and wear it. Think of the 
  adventures you’ve heard, and feel warm 
  when it’s cold out. Hold onto the letter
  
  Knitting circle
  If you have a couple friends who all want to 
  do this, please see if you can meetup 
  sometimes, and talk about your 
  grandchildren together as their proud 
  grandparents.
  Did you go on adventures in your day?
  What do you like about your friend’s 
  little adventurer?
  Other Crafts
  If you’d prefer to make a scarf instead of a 
  hat, please switch, making sure that the cast 
  on and cast off are your grandchild’s favorite 
  color.
  If you’re not one for fiber arts, try another 
  craft.
  Get some colored markers and an old 
  sweatshirt and start drawing.
  Find colorful beads and make necklaces or 
  bracelets.
  The important part is to keep the colors 
  and pattern guide in mind.
  Extra colors
  If you are in a position to have more yarn, or 
  want to, please add more colors and color 
  changes as you see fit. As in the base 
  version, please do at least one row of that 
  color change, and consider if the emotion 
  that caused you to switch colors is still true. 
  If not, switch to an appropriate color.
  Examples:
  Are you proud of your little adventurer?
  Did your little adventurer go with, or against, 
  your personal beliefs?
  Did your adventurer grow or develop? Do 
  you like this change?
  Variants
  
  Patterns
  If you are fairly new or inexperienced in knitting and would like to try, please visit some of the 
  links below and see what works for you.
  Learn to knit a hat in the round
  https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2015/07/06/learn-to-knit-a-hat-in-the-round-kit/
  Basic hat
  https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2013/10/10/purl-soho-basic-hats-for-everyone/
  Cocoon
  https://www.lamaisonrililie.com/free-cocoon-pattern.html
  Loom knit a hat
  http://www.loomahat.com/how-to-loom-knit-a-hat/start/
  Thank you ever so much to Avery Alder, who made the game Three Days, which 
  is based around a color change knitting mechanic as well. Please see her work at 
  buriedwithoutceremony.com
  Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this. I hope you enjoyed 
  making your gift, and will continue to make fun little things. Please stay warm if 
  you can.
  Take care
  
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