Here’s another great Christmas gift… Craftster user windgie79 crocheted her husband an entire set of Amigurumi zombies from the game Left 4 Dead. She used a pattern from Creepy Cute Crochet by Christen Haden of NeedleNoodles. This one is “The Smoker.” Definitely click through to see the rest!
Sukigirl made a bunch of these South Park Cartman and Kenny amigurumi dolls as stocking stuffers. She’s got some other South Park crafts on her blog, as well. The pattern is from Etsy seller La Fee Crochette, who has a lot of different geek-inspired Amigurumi. I’m happy that Cartman’s head is larger than Kenny’s, as it should be.
There’s a lot of cute things posted on Craftster tonight. For your geeky consideration, here is an Amigurumi Mario made by Catriunau. The embroidery floss mustache is really amusing me.
This cute little amigurumi dragon was in Craftster shaints first post ever. I can’t wait to see what she posts next!
Geek Crafts reader Blake submitted this awesome amigurumi Tachikoma made by Flickr user joyjoyang. Blake was also kind enough to tell me what the Tachikoma is from:
Tachikoma are the super-badass sentient mini-tanks from the anime Ghost In The Shell. Besides being deadly weapons, they are also rather cute. I think joyjoyang did a swell job.
A swell job, indeed. Be sure to click through to joyjoyang‘s Flickr to see more impressive amigurumi.
Here’s the first in a series of interviews… Sammi Resendes, with the help of her boyfriend, is Geek Central Station. They make the most amazingly detailed amigurumi characters, all crocheted with felt clothes and polymer clay accessories. She also maintains a great blog of geek crafts she’s found around the Internet.
1. What is your first geeky memory?
I would have to say that watching Star Wars is probably the first really geeky thing I remember. I remember my parents watching it on TV, and how grossed out I would always be at the scene on Hoth when Han cuts open the tauntaun belly–I was probably about 12 at that time. I also remember being all excited to see the 1997 re-releases in the theaters.
2. Were you a geek first or a crafter first?
Seriously, I would have to say a geek first. I mean, I learned how to sew when I was really young and I have always sort of been inclined to be crafty (through my mom, who encouraged that kind of thing), but I didn’t put my crafty powers to good use until recently. Star Wars, on the other hand, well I can’t remember a time when it didn’t influence me.
3. Do you have a favorite geek genre? (TV, movies, comics, etc.)
Well, I like certain movies (obviously) but I probably follow TV series more closely now. I love watching stuff like the X-files, Firefly, Bones, House, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and other stuff like that. I think I like the depth of characters you can get on a show like that, as opposed to just a movie. It’s interesting to see things play out over a course of years, instead of just a couple of hours.
4. What is your favorite geek craft you’ve made?
It’s so hard to pick a favorite! I would say it would be one of my amigurumi dudes, obviously, but I don’t know which one! I do like Gandalf, but I also like Princess Leia with her little hair-buns. Indiana Jones is really cute too, and I love Superman’s little jerry curl. I can’t pick! It’s hard when you’re so invested in all of your creations to pick one, it’s like asking to pick a favorite child.
5. Tell us about what you make.
My boyfriend and I make little amigurumi (just a fancy word for crochet) people that are decked out to look like our favorite geeky characters from Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Futurama, Superman, Firefly, etc… with endless possibilities. We use felt and Sculpey to make their clothes and accessories. We like to make the little guys as detailed as possible, and we spend enormous amounts of time studying pictures of clothes and accessories to make sure that we don’t miss anything.
6. Why do you make geek crafts? (For yourself, gifts, to sell, etc.)
Well, we started out making these for ourselves, and it sort of just evolved into making them to sell. Whatever we sell we always make a set for us, though, and it’s a lot of fun for us to work on these together, so I guess we probably do it more for ourselves than for any other reason.