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NOTE: for this year, there's a new topic: Winter Bash 2019 Knitting

This year's Winter Bash got us great hat challenges, but it also gave us a very nice tool for knitting on the main Winter Bash site.

Is there a challenge related to this knitting tool?

Here is my knitting and it would be amazing if you could share yours too.

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    Thanks for creating this question. It gave me more incentive for fun. :-)
    – Super Jade
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 6:22
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    Looks like they intended this to become the annual rep fest.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 7:24
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    @ShadowWizard Well, it could be a great way to unlock some hats that require putting a bit of effort into writing (or, well, knitting in this case) an answer. Opportunities don't always present themselves throughout the network, so .... I kinda like this question :)
    – user50049
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 14:39
  • @TimPost that is true. Guess no chance for actual swag for top answers? :)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 14:42
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    @ShadowWizard There ... might be something in the works. I can not confirm nor deny any things for any things. But there might be things, or other things. But the thing is, the things are the way they are because of other things, so we'll just have to thing positively and see.
    – user50049
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 14:48
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    Clear as mud, Mr Post. Clear as Mud ;p
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 14:52
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    What's with the shape of the knitting canvas?
    – j08691
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 15:10
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    @j08691 good question! ;-)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 10:01
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    damn, people are good with a mouse... I was happy with my motorcycle helmet but now it just feels inadequate imgur.com/a/6qZmBUi
    – treyBake
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 16:03
  • Thank you for this. My exemplary knitting ability has earned me a privilege.
    – pushkin
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 18:08
  • Lol, through this, I designed a StackOverflow Character lololololol the ideas people get
    – Eleeza the Other World Wizard
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 21:17
  • @Rob You're welcome. Continue to post such answers as a part of other contests too. Please try to stay active on meta after WB also.
    – Nog Shine
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 5:16
  • @NogShine - I've put up a couple more animated knitting answers, what we really need for next time is some more colors and vertical resolution. The ability to upload .gifs to the knitting machine would sure save a lot of effort, my last entry is 70 frames. I lurk in The Tavern and am quite active in CHQ.
    – Rob
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 6:56
  • This is a fun question!
    – Eran
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:46
  • @rob someone actually did an userscript for adding more colors to the ui, but I think that still has the issue that the underlying logic doesn't really take those color in consideration. I expect that importing a picture with more colors than the original ones wouldn't produce the expected result.
    – ꓢPArcheon
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 9:27

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For no reason in particular, which do you prefer, cinnamon or butterscotch?

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Best wishes from Database Administrators

SQL-Server

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PostgreSQL

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  • For sending happiness to all, JOIN LATERAL might serve better than the non-standard CROSS APPLY used by some vendors going their own way. :)
    – Erwin Brandstetter
    Commented Dec 17, 2018 at 21:38
  • Hi @ErwinBrandstetter, Evan complaint about it too. It was meant to be to_everybody. I'll try to find out a more generic syntax next time.
    – McNets
    Commented Dec 17, 2018 at 21:45
  • @ErwinBrandstetter, Done.
    – McNets
    Commented Dec 17, 2018 at 22:00
  • Ho, ho, ho! :) Or shorter: CROSS JOIN LATERAL (SELECT to_all FROM dba.se) t or just , LATERAL (SELECT to_all FROM dba.se) t - JOIN on true is too noisy for a silent Christmas. (If that much knit-picking is allowed.)
    – Erwin Brandstetter
    Commented Dec 17, 2018 at 22:08
  • I see you SQL and raise you a...
    – Super Jade
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 7:34
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Welllll looks like everyone's better than me and I so wish I had my drawing tablet right now but I tried to draw myself: enter image description here

Here's a variation of my GitHub profile pic but she looks less done with life and she has a cool hat

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And I wanted to draw StackOverflow as an anime-ish girl idk enter image description here

also just asking is this a competition of some sort?

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    This is adorable; don't sell yourself short!
    – Catija StaffMod
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 20:30
  • Haha, thanks, but I would have done it on MS Paint if I could then photoshopped it on(I mean my GitHub profile pic was made there...)(and I don't use photoshop because im cheap like that)
    – Eleeza the Other World Wizard
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 20:38
  • Nope, this isn't a contest; just fun sharing! Awesome picture :D
    – Mithical
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 8:13
  • What drawing program do you use?
    – The Guy with The Hat
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 0:33
  • @TheGuywithTheHat Autodesk Sketchbook, mainly on my phone, sometimes on laptop
    – Eleeza the Other World Wizard
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 7:23
  • Nice pictures. For some reason, the first one has an 80's anime feeling to it. I'm a littler curious, did you by any chance use some old picture as a reference?
    – ꓢPArcheon
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:46
  • Does it remind you of a certain anime? Because I kinda just thought it up on the spot
    – Eleeza the Other World Wizard
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 13:24
  • I wasn't alive in the 80s or the 90s, I did however think up a snow fairy design when I was 11 and basically modified that to look like me.
    – Eleeza the Other World Wizard
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 18:43
  • Saw I got an upvote on this...man, this is some old art of mine. Funny to see how things change over time...
    – Eleeza the Other World Wizard
    Commented Dec 26, 2021 at 0:35
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This whole knitting thing felt very 8-bit to me enter image description here enter image description here

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    Now you just need Mario, Samus Aran, and Simon Belmont.
    – rgettman
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 19:01
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    To be fair, drawing Link was the first thing I did too.
    – ꓢPArcheon
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:33
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Just tried to copy as it is :

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Proof that I did :D

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    Great knitting copy!
    – Super Jade
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 7:31
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Slartibotfast

Worldbuilding robot

(Reference image)

The Worldbuilding community mounted a successful campaign to save the robot in the new design. This is my small homage to the bot.

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  • Fabulous. :) Plus now I don't have to do it.
    – James
    Commented Dec 17, 2018 at 22:42
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The Simpsons - S18E6 - Moe'N'a Lisa - Our favorite knit Homer gets a thorough winter bash.

Approximately 22 minutes into the episode, while making fun of Moe's poetry skills, Homer is skipping across the room and tumbles out the window and down the fire escape.

Winter Bash 2018 animated knitting version:

Homer takes a tumble down the fire escape - animated knitting

Original source:

Homer takes a tumble down the fire escape - original

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Overlooking a frozen lake at night

The pink dot is someone taking in the peaceful scenery before running back inside where it's warm.

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  • Yep, the cozy cabin is the best part.
    – Super Jade
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 7:38
  • Took me a while to notice that pink dot :)
    – Eran
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:45
  • And what is the yellow dot?
    – Ver Nick
    Commented Dec 24, 2018 at 5:47
  • @Eran Me too :)
    – Ver Nick
    Commented Dec 24, 2018 at 5:47
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ok guys, you can't blame me for trying. My profile picture:

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    haha, gorgeous!
    – elias
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 14:56
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    Yeah, who is this guy
    – alecxe
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 1:37
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    @alecxe mesh. ;)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 13:43
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    @ShadowWizard oh, good, phew, we got him :D
    – alecxe
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 13:44
  • Nice selfie knit.
    – Super Jade
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 7:37
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The Wolf Constellation, only visible on the Winter Bash with a full moon

Image with a snowman a full moon a tree and a constelation of a wolf, all knitted

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A brainf*** program that prints Winter bash!:

bf knitting

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Not to scale...

stargazing knit

Better than my real life knitting, anyway...

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A happy cephalopod after it just ate a yummy crustacean ;)

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    That would make a great kids sweater! Lovely.
    – Mari-Lou A Слава Україні
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 12:29
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    @Mari-LouA Thanks for the roses, I'm glad you like it ;) If I wouldnt be that terrible in knitting i would make a beanie with hanging tentacles with that design ;)
    – iLuvLogix
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 12:37
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  • ...but, but, a Double Rainbow! ...what would that mean?
    – Werner
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 7:27
  • @Werner I'm not sure there's enough room for another rainbow :)
    – Eran
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 7:28
  • Add a face, and this will magically turn to Chica's Magic Rainbow.
    – ꓢPArcheon
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:34
  • @SPArchaeologist I'm not familiar with that
    – Eran
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:35
  • @SPArchaeologist I was sure you wrote "China's Magic Rainbow". Not that Chica's makes it more familiar.
    – Eran
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:37
  • It's a character from some FNAF game. Never played the actual game, but I heard of it because the part of the game it appears in is basically a big kaizo trap platformer.
    – ꓢPArcheon
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:42
  • @SPArchaeologist it does look similar to my rainbow! Though mine has more colors
    – Eran
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:43
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What are you talking about? Of course the unicorn wins!!

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  • Did the chicken lose one of its chicks? One seems to have sneaked into my picture!
    – hat
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 8:53
  • This knitting needs more upvotes :)
    – Mauricio Arias Olave
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 13:32
  • Start the fight. when does it start? Do we need some special glasses? I have Retro. :)
    – Nog Shine
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 5:30
  • @Nog: you have to have special super-secret glasses. They are so secret that officially I can neither confirm nor deny that they exist.
    – hat
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 6:17
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Taylor Swift - Red:

Taylor Swift - Red

Original, crushed from 14MB to less than 2MB: Taylor Swift - Red (recompressed from original)

Practice makes it better, but not perfect.

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  • any animated gifs, good work. How are you doing these? Some kind of tool?
    – Nog Shine
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 5:18
  • I like the animations; it's too bad the available color palette is so limited.
    – Brian Rogers
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 6:10
  • @NogShine - The only tool is my phone and standard online .GIF tools, no scripts or self developed software are used - if I had a computer these entries would be better. To make these I need to guess that the end result will work while trying to decide on a sequence of frames then upload a test frame. Next I create a standard animated .GIF and split it into frames. Each frame is individually uploaded to the knitting machine, downloaded, and reassembled into a .GIF; needless to say that's not lossless, thus the need to predict the result before investing in something that won't work.
    – Rob
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 7:06
  • @BrianRogers I mentioned in a comment to the answer that more colors and a bit more vertical resolution would be helpful, some of the CMs are aware of these animations, we'll see what Santa brings us next year. ArtOfCode is working on a tool, you might spot him in The Tavern. PS: I didn't use any tweaks or scripts, upload frame by frame and reassemble the downloaded frames into a standard .GIF using EzGif online editor (on my phone's puny screen).
    – Rob
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 7:13
  • #TeamTayTay
    – Ankit Sharma
    Commented Jan 4, 2019 at 7:51
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winterbash_2018_knitting

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    nice knitting!!
    – Eran
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:44
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Santa is Coming to Town

Santa is coming to town

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What can I say? I just love DBA.SE!

I love DBA.SE

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    Love for the most warm se site :)
    – ypercubeᵀᴹ
    Commented Dec 15, 2018 at 19:25
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Here's an attempt to recreate my avatar, which is a cropped version of this image, which was custom drawn by avazula for me (thanks, ava!):

This took around an hour on my phone, tapping at the knitting thing...

My avatar, for reference:

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  • Wonderful......
    – Ver Nick
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 12:34
  • The science logo is missing!
    – Nog Shine
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 5:33
  • @NogShine Try to do this logo on your phone :) Good luck.
    – Ver Nick
    Commented Dec 19, 2018 at 6:04
  • avazula did it better but +1 for attempt
    – Ankit Sharma
    Commented Jan 4, 2019 at 7:44
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winterbash_2018_knitting

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  • +1 for the sun's reflection
    – hat
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:27
  • For some weird reasons, this reminds me of the old flash game "The Majesty of Colors"
    – ꓢPArcheon
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 9:16
  • Thanks @hat I tried my best with the limited colors. :)
    – MTSan
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 10:37
  • @SPArchaeologist I never heard of the game before. But now I see that it was great. I may start...
    – MTSan
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 10:38
  • @MTSan It is very short, but has multiple possible endings. I think it originated on Newsground during some old "artistic games" competition.
    – ꓢPArcheon
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 10:42
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Here's a cat and I named it Meow!

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    That's a cute cat!
    – Eran
    Commented Dec 18, 2018 at 8:47
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As you can see, Photoshop helped me a little bit here :)


Winter Bash 2018 is over! Thanks everyone!

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An icy rose with a falling star. enter image description here

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One logo is not enough... just made another three (Portugues, Spanish and Japanese SO respectively).

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    How...just...how do people MAKE these????
    – Eleeza the Other World Wizard
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 20:29
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    @Eleeza Just work it... ;-)
    – EKons
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 16:46
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Come on, you have to have the red freehand circle!

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  • I knew I couldn't have been the first to think of it. +1
    – jpmc26
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 19:03
  • Sorry to steal your thunder @jpmc26! I was beaten to the unicorn, so I thought that I'd better grab the circle. Maybe you could do Jon Skeet? ; )
    – hat
    Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 7:46
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Tried to make Indian Flag.

Its not perfect but seems like.:)

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Happy Winters :)

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My Winter House

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