Dice Bags

Right, so I guess I just didn't crochet in 2009.

Long story short, I was busy. Now however I'm not so busy, and that means more crocheting!

When I first started playing Dungeons and Dragons a little over a year ago, I started out with one set of dice. These seven dice fit nicely in the little plastic case they originally came in, but the perils of living in my purse eventually took its toll, and the little plastic case shattered. This turned into the first excuse I had in a while to crochet something (I never did get around to actually making anything cute for all those babies I all-of-a-sudden knew). It had been months since I picked up that crochet hook, and the result was more of function over form (see: really friggin' ugly).

It may not look too bad at first glance, but, since it was the first thing I had crocheted in a while, it consists of all the yarn i wouldn't mind wasting, and has a horribly unsightly seem in the back. By now, I was the proud owner of two sets of dice, and they both fit in there perfectly.

Side Note: This concept baffled me at first, but that second set of dice just do not roll well. If i use those red dice I am almost guaranteed to not hit. It's very frustrating. I feel like there should be a 30-day money back guarantee on dice or something. I should be able to use them, see how they respond to me, and if we don't agree, return them for a set that rolls better. Either that, or have a system that works more like getting a wand in Harry Potter - let the dice pick you. *magic*

Anyway, after this dice bag was done, I went on another crocheting dry spell.

Fast forward to now. I went to my first ever convention over the weekend (awesome!), and because of that, I decided I needed a fancy new dice bag to rack up some serious geek-cred. It took me a few days to pick out a design to put on the front of my new dice bag; couldn't decide between Mrs. Pac-man or a black mage. As I hate to make decisions, I went with both.

front

back (can't have Mrs. Pac-man without a ghost!)

I like the way that the black mage one turned out a lot better than Mrs. Pac-man (I feel that she looks like she has a beak), but with the addition of a whole crap-ton of new dice acquired over the weekend, and the fact that they all fit into the Mrs. Pac-man one, that's the one I'm now currently using. The plan is to eventually weed out the dice that roll the best, and put them all into the black mage one. All the rejects can go back into the mess that is my first dice bag.


In conclusion, I have quite a few dice bags now :-)