If you’re interested in Super Mario themed creations, visit the LEVEL UP Creations social media pages for information about mushrooms such as these. Photo by Alexandrea Rodriguez.
Rodriguez didn’t always make the items so many have come to love. She actually began knitting about four years ago while facing some health problems that caused her to stay in a hospital for an extended period of time. She learned how to knit from a few of her friends on campus so that she could donate handmade items such as beanies to other patients in the hospital.
“It was a lot of fun,” Rodriguez stated.
Rodriguez was eventually introduced to crocheted dolls and beanies, which, while similar to knitting, offered her a different route to making gifts for her friends. She instantly fell in love with the method and began to make most of her creations through crochet.Â
These creations usually always have something to do with old school video games.
“It started off as something really small, just friends and family making small orders here and there,” Rodriguez said. “The next thing I knew, there were more than twenty people messaging me on Facebook asking for their own items. It blew up from there.”
A wild Oddish has appeared, grab it before it’s gone! Photo by Alisa Pierce.
LEVEL UP Creations is Rodriguez’s way of sharing her creations, and through her expertise and game-themed items the popularity of her company has skyrocketed.
Although her company has been making products for a while now, it wasn’t until recently that Rodriguez began making drop offs. Rodriguez was inspired by the drop offs done by Nicole’s Nerdy Knots in Dallas, and through increasing local interest, decided to do her own drop offs in San Marcos.
“I got the idea from (Nicole), and I found out that there were hundreds of people all over the world doing the same thing,” Rodriguez said. “I was definitely inspired.”Â
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