We are embarking on the big capstone project this week! I’ve finally decided on my theme. For my site, I’m going to have a fictitious charity knitting and crocheting drive to knit squares to make afghans for local organizations: a senior center, a homeless shelter, an animal shelter, and a daycare center. Those will be my four “leagues.” I will have two knitting and two crocheting teams per league, with five members on each team—although, come to think of it, I shouldn’t limit it to five if I want people to produce enough squares for an afghan in a timely manner. I’ll have to figure out certain logistics of my drive…for instance, who’s going to sew all the squares together??? Also, I’ll probably have to have certain guidelines, such as square size, type of yarn used, leaving tails to aid in sewing the squares together, etc. I’ll also have to determine who is able to access my site to enter teams and members.
The entertaining part has been in coming up with the fake member names, phone numbers, and email addresses. As much as I’d love to make it easy and use my real knitting and crocheting friends’ information, that would be a terrible idea. I’m trying to use innocuous names like “Smith,” “Jones,” etc. Also, I’m trying to keep the phone numbers to “555” numbers. Honestly, I’m beginning to run out. I may have to start throwing in some weird names for entertainment.
I’ve already got some funny team names. So far, I have:
- Knitting Chicks with Sticks
- Crocheting Happy Hookers
- Knitting Fools
- Crocheting Yarns
I may need to rethink one or two of these, as Chicks with Sticks and The Happy Hooker are indeed knitting and crocheting books, respectively. Also, Knitting Fool is a web app sweater pattern generator. I know this is a fictitious class site, but I’d just as soon not be SUED.
I’ve also been scouring my pictures to come up with some good illustrations for the site. For once, I don’t think I’m going to be at a loss for photo material!
