Marsha – Page 9 – Geek Crafts

Winter is Coming: You’ll Need Mittens

Specifically the Game of Throne s House Mitt Kits. Be you, Stag, Lion, Wolf, Kracken, Flower, or Dragon. There is a mitt kit for you. These kits sold by The Yarn Cafe make it so you can knit up your own favorite house to keep the chill away. The kit includes the pattern for the house of your choice and enough yarn to make the gloves in the size of your choice.

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And as they don’t have thumbs I think they would do quite well for keeping that spring and fall chill at bay before we whip out the big guns. So grab your needles and wait for the shipment to arrive and get knitting. Possibly as you watch Season 3. And perhaps visit the designer Anna Richardson/ One Hand Knits on Ravelry, where she has other patterns, and a few other geeky nods.

Patches…So Many Patches

There was a period of time where I had many a bag that was being held together by the sheer level of patches, and buttons holding it together. Now-a-days these decorate my badges, and convention totes. But these patches from Storied Threads make me think I’m gonna need a bigger tote.

They have so many options something is likely to tickle your fancy. You could take a trip down to engineering.

Or you could be dealing with the fact that Winter is Coming.

The shop has hundreds of patches, from all corners of geekery. All of them.

Pocket Felt Super Hero Owls

What’s better than tiny felt owls? Superhero owls. What could be better than that? Batman and Robin as superhero owls. Etsy seller Tiny Felts has owls in a variety of colors and designs and welcomes custom orders. Perhaps you’d like to request, a clown owl of crime to face off our dynamic duo. She also has options for customizing your owls. Super-owl, Spider-owl, Green Lant-owl, this could be a lot of fun.

Knit Your Own Captain America Sweater

A pattern for a Captain America Knit hoodie was recently released byethylated-spirits. Look at your hoodie, now back to this one, your hoodie, this one. Don’t you wish this was your hoodie?

Using Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Seamless yolk sweater as a template; she created this sweater to keep you warm, as you Avenge the world. So what are you waiting for? Snatch up this free pattern and get working.

Are you knitting yet?

Crochet Snail Avengers

These adorable slow moving little world avengers showed up on my RSS feed yesterday courtesy of the Mary Sue and I had to know if there were patterns. It’s about time I dusted off my hooks. And there is a Coulson in the works?! Yes! And patterns later this year? *crafty nerd dance* And while you wait for Laura to share the patterns, why not check out her Etsy shop, which currently still has a Hulk snail, and a set of avengers Scoodies

The Nerdiest Little Blanket

There are not enough words to describe the sheer volume of nerdyness included in this baby blanket. I went through it and am sure I’m missing references. I can see Big Bang Theory, The Never Ending Story, Voltron, Hitchhikers Guide, Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Battlestar, Firefly, Thundercats, and more more more.

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And Ravelry user leilaniac did not stop there. She created charts for all of these squares and more. So knitters get your needles ready. This is a baby blanket every geek can get behind. I’m sure it has a square or two for everyone.