Geek Crafts

At Geek Crafts we talk about crafts inspired by all things geek. Video games, television, movies, and more are all covered here. Have you found a geeky craft we haven’t blogged about yet? Did you make something geeky yourself? Tell us all about it!

Angie started on her geek path early, watching episodes of the original Star Trek series with her dad. While she remembers seeing Star Wars: Episode IV and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahnin the theaters during their premiere releases, she hopes you won’t do the math on that. Warp ahead a few years, to her wedding where you might have seen the groom’s cake with the Starfleet insignia in frosting form. Though her first-born is named “James T.”, her interests are not confined only to Star Trek – she also has a particular fondness for the Whedonverse and comic book heroes.  Angie enjoys crafting while geeking – crocheting or knitting charity projects while watching Battlestar Galactica with her husband. She is actually “multi-craftual” — in addition to knitting and crochet, she also enjoys scrapbooking (paper, digital, and hybrid), a little sewing, and upcycling thrift store finds into repurposed goodness. Angie is the author of three best-selling scrapbook journaling books: The Book of Me, Growing Up Me, and The Book of Us. You can find Angie at her blog, The Blog of Me, and on Twitter: @angiepedersen.

Most of Anna’s geekiness comes from the excessive amount of television she watches. When she’s not getting far too emotionally involved in the relationships of her favorite television characters, she’s playing on Photoshop, trying to make any geek craft she can find, chatting with her friends via YouTube, or hanging out with her husband. Anna currently lives in Salt Lake City, UT, with her husband and two cats named Aerith (Final Fantasy VII) and Rikku (Final Fantasy X). Her favorite television shows range from anything that Joss Whedon has created to most of the shows on SyFy right now. Currently she’s completely obsessed with Doctor Who, Bones, and Warehouse 13.

Charlotte is a life long geek, being the girl at school with big round glasses and an obsession with spelling; nothing much has changed since. Living in Yorkshire in the North of England, she teaches children 2-to-year-old in a pre-school for the local prep-school. In her spare time she enjoys crafting in various forms, from baking to sewing to jewelery making. She is currently trying to learn how to knit and failing. Charlotte loves anything to do with Harry Potter, Doctor Who and Sci-Fi/Fantasy being an avid Dungeons and Dragons player and painter of miniatures.

Coral is an engineer-turned-librarian living in Alaska. In addition to her shifting allegiances to various TV fandoms – Buffy, Firefly, Doctor Who - she is a computer geek, a bird nerd, a fan of sci-fi and fantasy lit, and a participant in at least one regular tabletop role-playing game. When she’s not gaming or working on her library’s website, she alternates between geeky/snarky cross-stitch, loom knitting, cooking, and home brewing, accompanied by the latest audiobook to catch her fancy. She recently married a very sweet fellow-geek and they are living happily ever after with three birds and a chinchilla. You can read about her library, literary, and crafting exploits at http://sheldon-hess.org/coral, or about life in Alaska at  http://movingtoalaska.wordpress.com.

Gia is a stay-at-home lifelong geek mom raising a geek in the making. Together they share a love of Ewoks, Harry Potter, comic books, and Miyazaki films. She’s always trying to find ideas for dolls to make that are underrepresented in doll form. She’s prone to reading lots, jogging loads, and going on adventures to faraway (and not so faraway) lands with her family.

Kaitlen hails from a line of talented ladies, so the craftiness came easily. The geekery, on the other hand, was acquired through years spent with her nose in books. Favorites include Neuromancer and Eloise; top shows include Firefly, Arrested Development, and Futurama (the Jurassic Bark episode always makes her tear up). Kaitlen may be found anywhere between England and California. Regardless of location, you can find her online at pinup.punkrockelite.org, where she blogs about fabulous things ranging from ruby slippers and tiaras to LOLcats and zombies. There is neither enough time in the day nor coffee in the world for Kaitlen to accomplish everything… but she tries.

Krys is an authentic product of the Jersey Shore and learned early on how to not mind those that don’t matter by not fraking caring about opinions. In addition to saving the world one tree at a time and learning MacGuyver-esque things like how to bake a cake with an empty can, cardboard bo,x and tinfoil, Girl Scouting also served to further cultivate her love of all things craft. While her MUDing and LARPing days have gone the way of blue boxes and pagers, Krys can be found around Dalaran every now and again. Favorite unwired activities include figure skating, Aikido, swimming, and should she ever have the time for it again, field hockey. Her three offspring know how to give her inner Peacekeeper a thorough workout, although they all enjoy watching anime together. Krys’ contributions to Geek Crafts will be as random as she is, but always interesting!

Lauren is a fantasy and literature geek living on the East Coast.  She has been a crafter her twenty-something years of life and a knitter since 2007.  She creates knits inspired by Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and other geeky obsessions.  Lauren blogs about her knitting on her website, Yarn Today, Knit Tomorrow.  She is the editor and social networking manager for Interverse Comics.

Lizzy is a lifelong crafter and is in her last year of a BA (Hons) in Costume Interpretation at University of the Arts London. Lizzy’s earliest geek memory is watching Return of the Jedi in 3D at Universal Studios in 1998. As well as Star Wars, other geeky obsessions include The Big Bang Theory, Star Trek, all things Studio Ghibli and of course her nerd of a boyfriend. When Lizzy isn’t sewing she’s crafting and when she isn’t crafting she’s watching Ghibli DVD’s and Classic Disney on VHS. Lizzy also has a passion for vinyls and classic rock.

Marjee is an educational video game designer, educational technologist, and doctoral student in the DC metropolitan area. She has lived there with her archivist husband and (eventually) two of the cutest dogs ever, named Bowser and Zelda, since 2006. She is originally from Chicago and while she misses the food, she feels herself to have become every bit the East Coaster. Marjee’s passion for science and technology is matched by her love of the arts. This comes out in her love of independent comics books, science fiction, and of course, geek crafts! Her current craft interests are dominated by sewing and crochet.  Marjee is also involved in animal rescue, traveling, and vegetarian cooking. You can keep up with Marjee’s comics related happenings here and her scholarly pursuits are posted here. You can also follow her rantings on twitter @mchmiel.

Mary, or as she is known online, Lady Dragonsinger, is not your typical pastor’s wife. When not providing support and assistance to her husband, or working as a secretary at another church in the Oklahoma town where she lives, Lady Dragonsinger is usually found with a crochet hook or knitting needles in hand working on one project or another. Crochet is dear to her heart, something that was taught to her by her grandmother when she was nine. Knitting is one of the crafts she taught herself about six years ago. Over the years, she also has worked with counted cross-stitch, needlepoint, and is attempting to work up the courage to try a bit of quilting. As for being a geek? She wore tortoise frame glasses before they were cool and grew up in a home where the usual television fare include Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Dark Shadows, and the original Star Trek. Classic horror movies were another favorite with stars such as Bela Lugosi and Christopher Plummer in the lead roles. Reading was encouraged by her family and it was a chance encounter with a new book at her library that introduced her to the Dragonriders of Pern, her first fandom. This was joined by Tolkein’s Middle Earth world, Agatha Christie’s detectives and went on to include Harry Potter’s wizarding world as well as now stepping into Discworld and its denizens. Both she and Sir Dragon Preacher love to attend area Renaissance Faires, in garb, of course, as well as Celtic festivals and highland gatherings. She previously worked as the Crafts Gallery Manager for the Leaky Cauldron and you can find her on Ravelry and Craftsy along with some of her original patterns and on Wizard Without Boundaries, a Potterverse-based rp board she is a co-creator and administrator of.

Meghan is a “domestic engineer” near Boston, with four kids and way too many pets. She studied theater and engineering, worked as a scenic carpenter and props director, and spends her free time crafting, farming, building, inventing, and watching cartoons. She’s been featured many times on Instructables.com, and had her work displayed at the American Textile Museum.  Some of her geekiest achievements include: Cross-stitch of the entire Periodic Table of Elements, making amigurumi versions of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, getting her children hooked on Futurama and Star Trek, and winning way too many games of  The Simpsons trivia.

Being a science boffin by day and a theatre techie by night, Noodle is a full time nerd; add to that a good dollop of the requisite Star Wars/Potter/xkcd obsessions plus a serious bookcrossing habit and it’s obvious what’s she’s doing on Geek Crafts. Her grandma taught her to cross-stitch as a child, she rediscovered the hobby as a hand-engaging activity whilst quitting smoking at uni – attempts were eventually successful, but not until another (equally anti-social, albeit healthier) habit had been born. These days she’ll happily try her hand at any craft going, though she still does tend towards sewing. When not hiding from the world inside a book Noodle can be found at home in London with her other half, her kitty cat and her embroidery hoop; check out the contents of her head and the outpourings of her needle at Noodle’s Noggin.

Pauly lives in the fabled lands of Canada with his darling wife Redd, his son Ash, and a small zoo.  He has always been a geek in one form or another, but is particularly fond of video games and tabletop role-playing games, and has an impressive collection of Pokemon cards.  Pauly enjoys cross-stitch, as long as it is geeky, and is the second half of Geekopolis on Etsy along with Redd.  He writes a weekly game review every friday on the Geekopolis blog, and makes sure to scour the net for the latest geek news every day.  He is also totally a Viking.

Redd loves all things nerdy and cute. She’s been crafting for as long as she can remember and it only made sense to combine her nerdiness with her craftiness. She lives just outside Toronto, Canada with her husband, son, four cats, two rabbits, two rats, and a turtle named Fredward. She desperately wants to hug an alpaca one day, so much so that it is on her bucket list. Redd has been a full time crafter for over 4 years. She still remembers how cool Star Wars was when she first watched it on BetaMax in the 80s. When she isn’t nerding it up, working on her two sites DameNamedRedd.com & g33kopolis.com, she’s sleeping. Though with 4 Etsy shops, an ebook publishing company and a crazy 6 year old, there isn’t a lot of time leftover for sleep.

Renee is a 20-something West Coast sci-fi geek who loves to read, write and pontificate. She is currently residing in a bohemian artist’s town in Southern California, living a slightly cooler version of the American dream with her husband, toddler, and small scale zoo. Look for her in the front row of B-movie horror flicks, Doctor Who conventions, or elsewhere on the web at hiptobesquaremom.tumblr.com.

Sam is a total geek! First of all he will tell you about his love for video games. He currently has a Wii, 3DS, Gameboy and GB colour, Sega Megadrive, Gamecube and an NES and Super Famicom.Yep, he knows that’s quite a lot! He also loves Doctor Who and has seen just about every single episode ever made! He also likes Star Wars, Star Trek and other sci-fi things. His absolute favourite video game ever is Zelda in which he has played every one, even the rubbish Cdi’s! He plays Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon and Magic the Gathering. He also plays quite a few instruments such as saxophone, ocarina, ukelele, harmonica and the stylophone! Finally he is teaching himself the Naavi language from Avatar and Elven from LOTR. He hopes you enjoy the posts he puts forward.

Samantha was born and raised in the North East of England, now “on tour” in Buckinghamshire. By day “Geeky Sweety” teaches Philosophy and Religious Studies to children between the ages of 11-18. By night she sews, embroiders, and upcycles. Her favourite things are 80s girl cartoons, anything Tim Burton touches, Doctor Who, Star Trek/Wars/Gate, Disney films (but only the ones based on fairy tales), cheesy Japanese kawaii culture and horrifically scary Japanese horror films. She also has a passion for Karaoke and occasionally sings in a rock covers band. Her husband custom builds Star Wars action figures; they havn’t counted them because they don’t want to get depressed, but good estimates place the total number at around 400. She believes only boring people get bored.

Shayne is a geek and crafter living near Washington, DC, with her geeky son and too many cats. She’s been crafting for as long as she can remember and her first geek memory is of seeing Star Wars on the big screen. Shayne is mildly obsessed with garden gnomes, Elvis Presley, her cat Chuck, swearing in French, decorating, and hatching ideas for new websites that may or may not come to fruition. You can check out Shayne’s own crafts at noveltykitten.com and transcraftinental.com. You can also find her on page 206 of Vickie Howell’s Craft Corps and page 97 of Susan Beal’s World of Geekcraft. When she’s not blogging or crafting or blogging about crafting, Shayne is nearing the end of a BA in technical writing and plans to proofread the world.

Spryal is a knitter, a jewelry maker, cat lover, and pharmacy student. She’s still new to knitting but she’s loving the new things she’s learning everyday. She lives in a tiny apartment near Boston at her grandmother’s house with her boyfriend and cat. She comes from a tiny town in New Hampshire where she lived on a farm and has two more cats there waiting for her to finish school.

Susan is a crafter and writer in Portland, Oregon, who adores Star Wars, Harry Potter and Coraline. She’s the author of Button It Up and Bead Simple, and co-wrote Super Crafty with her craft collective (pdxsupercrafty.com). When she’s not crafting she’s usually drinking coffee and trying to keep up with her speedy toddler, Pearl, and baby boy, Everett. She also writes about things she likes and projects to make at westcoastcrafty.com.

Tonya is a high school foreign language teacher by day and a crafting maniac by night. (A gal needs some way of destressing after being surrounded by teenagers for eight hours!) She is an avid Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Mythbusters, and Star Wars fan and has spent more than her share of time playing various RPGs over the years. She can often be found on the couch happily embroidering or crocheting away while watching the HP movies repeatedly as her cat supervises from her perch behind Tonya’s head. If you need someone who is a crazy, creative ball of energy, you have found the right person! You can check out some of her creations at thetroublewithcrafting.blogspot.com.