Geek Crafts

01 January 2012 ~ 3 Comments

Crochet Lego Baby Blanket

As I recently finished up a knitting project – a Harry Potter Gryffindor scarf for a friend – I was surfing around looking for my next project. The Internets did not disappoint.

Andrea Baker of All Things Bright & Beautiful recently posted this awesome crochet Lego baby blanket that looks so do-able. I immediately pinned it to my “G33k” Pinterest board.

The bobble stitch is fairly common on afghans, but I love how it mimics a Lego for a subtly geeky look. Plus, this “set” of Legos would be so much more pleasant to step on in the dark.

Normally I tend to stay away from motif afghan projects because I find stitching all the pieces together to be a tedious chore. But I might be willing to overlook that for this project. In her blog post, Andrea mentions that she plans to write up the pattern she created and share it! I’ll be watching for that one! I wonder if my son might be interested in displaying this on his college dorm bed?

Links of Interest:

Lego Baby Blanket of Awesomeness
More Crochet crafts on GeekCrafts
More Lego crafts on GeekCrafts

Tags: blanket, crochet, lego, legos

11 June 2011 ~ 3 Comments

Geek Baby Roundup!

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You more observant readers will know that I’m growin’ a geek! I’ve also discovered pinterest… these two events are unrelated… but it does mean that I’ve got a growing geek baby pintrest board which I’d love to share with you :-)

So without further adieu, I give you, a roudup of the top 10 most awesome things I’ve pinned to my Geek Baby Pinterest board (so far)

At 10! Etsy Shop thebuttercupboutique are selling this robot taggie blanket for $18.00

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#9!! (first in my trio of onesies) hehe, Storm Pooper Onesie from WolfBuddy ($10)

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#8 Geek logic onesie Transfer – $5 – designvine

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in at #7 … how about this Mario Onesie from SugarBabyLove – $17.00

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#6 -Star wars Daddy Diaper bag from thatmoxiegirl $30

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#5 – crochet space invaders blanket (awww!!!) from geekerybyemily £30 (GBP)

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#4 (last onesies I promise) – perfect for twins or close siblings, copypaste onesies from klzart ($32.00)

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#3 – can’t buy this one – I’m sure we’ve featured it before and I NEEEEEED it for my geekling – Cardboard scale model replica from Mateo and Me

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#2 – Moustache booties! £32.00 from pleasantlyplumpknits

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AND NUMBER ONE!!

SUPER awesome Yoda hat from thegreenhedgehog – $17.95

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WHOOP WHOOP!!! 6 weeks til my geek arrives!! if you see anything else I’d like let me know in the comments, via my pinterest board, or if it’s something you’ve made, hit us up on the Submit a geekcraft form :-)

Tags: baby, blanket, geek

22 April 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Crochet Portal Blanket

Craft Geek Sci-Fi Video Games

Raise your hand if you’re thrilled about the release of Portal 2 this past week!

What are you doing, raising your hand? If you were really that excited, you’d have both hands firmly glued to your controller right now. You totally don’t love Portal enough. You’ve made GLaDOS very sad.

At least, you don’t love Portal the way Doctor Moo does. She showed her devotion by stitching up an amazing crochet blanket featuring the morbidly hilarious warning signs from the original Portal. What have you done for GLaDOS lately, hmm? (Okay, I stop with the guilt-tripping now. I haven’t even finished the first game!)

It took her over 74 hours to crochet and measures a whopping nine feet by six feet (more than big enough to snuggle under with a Companion Cube). She’s offered it for sale on her Etsy shop, which also features some other wonderfully geeky crochet creations.

Tags: blanket, crochet, portal, valve, yarn

28 March 2011 ~ 5 Comments

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Four Elements Blanket

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Kimby posted this gorgeous Last Airbender blanket on her DeviantArt page. It always amazes me the designs people can make with crochet. The four symbols are perfect! And it’s huge…I want one! She has the pattern and tutorial on her blog, with tips. The most important one: “And this one last, very crucial tip: Make sure to watch your Avatar DVDs while working on this blanket. On repeat. For several hours at a time…”