All the warm and fuzzies
KNITTING CIRCLE
Designer: Emily Vincent | Publisher: Flatout Games
A follow-up to 2020s quilting and tile-laying game Calico, Knitting Circle offers the same cozy vibes and also challenges players in pattern-making, but this time with knitting. Felines are, of course, also present. In Knitting Circle, they help players by snatching yarn tiles with their grabby paws.
A debut design from Emily Vincent, the game is an embodiment of sitting by the fire during a cold winter evening, knitting long johns with the cat curled up in your lap, purring. Even the slight competitive edge of the game – there are points to be scored after all! – feels more like comparing your finished scarves with a friend and admiring each other’s patterns. However, while the experience overall is very meditative, there is plenty of puzzly pattern-making to challenge the brain.