Pattern: Carol Corps Mitts

Threadpanda, has shared her love of Captain Marvel and and knitting, with her release of the free Carol Corps Mitt Pattern. Based on the latest run of the Captain Marvel comics, written by Kelly Sue Deconnick she designed these mitts to go with a Captain Marvel hat.

With an included chart you can make the changes that bests suit you as you show your love for Captain Marvel.

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December 19

Krampus Paper Toys

We’re in the final countdown to Christmas, my fellow geeks! My gifts are wrapped, my decorations are up, and (most of) the messy aftermath of wrapping and decorating has been stowed away. I know everyone is super busy this time of year, but I’m sure you can spare a few minutes to make these two adorable papercraft Krampuses! (Kramps? Krampi?) If you haven’t yet been introduced to Krampus, the Christmas Devil, boy oh boy, are you missing out.

This lil’ green guy was created by Christopher Bonnette. I made him a couple years ago when I first found out about the Krampus. He even comes with an accessory: a terrified child for his basket! The other, much hairier, Krampus was created by Uncle Ghastly. I just made him a couple nights ago! So far both Krampuses are getting along famously! And I’m making sure to be on my best behaviour, of course. I don’t want to end up in their baskets!

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December 17

Here Be Dragons

The staple of any classic fairy tale involves knights and dragons, and usually a beautiful princess as well. Coming fresh from the Desolation of Smaug, and how all I really want for Christmas is a Night Fury, I’m sure you can tell that dragons are some of my favorite fairy tale creatures. While there’s no place to buy them, I’ve rounded up a few ways for you to make them!

First, for those of you who’d like an adorable stuffed toy, DIYFluffies on Etsy has a great pattern available for $9.oo. This little guy’s name is Yoki, and at 10 inches tall, he is a great gift for any little geek or princess. You can sew him with fleece, felt, and some glass eyes.

Next, for all you crocheters out there, Sarselgurumi has a great tutorial for creating an amigurumi Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. Made with only one skein, an F hook, some batting, and of course, lots of love, this irresistible Night Fury is sure to capture everyone’s heart.

Here’s sending you all great holiday wishes of crafting and geekiness!

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December 15

Home is Where the Hearthstone is

My husband and kids were quick to jump on the World of Warcraft bandwagon when it was introduced in 2004. It’s hard to believe it will be 10 years next year! Due to their continued interest in the game, I immediately recognized this Ravelry Hearthstone project. With the holidays nearly upon us, perhaps you could use a hearthstone to return you to those you hold nearest and dearest?

Fitting in the palm of your hand, this cute amigurumi project would make a great stocking stuffer.

Links of Interest:

Amigurumi hearthstone on Ravelry
More World of Warcraft crafts on GeekCrafts
More amigurumi crafts on GeekCrafts

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December 14

Eddie Munster Car from Halloween

Hemi*Housewife from Crafster recently posted a project she had from Halloween. She took a well loved Little Tykes car and repainted it to go along with her two year old son’s Eddie Munster costume.

Hemi washed the car as best she could (hit the link above to see the “before” picture…Eddie’s ride was looking pretty rough), and spray painted it with Krylon Fusion. For the details, she hot glued leopard print polar fleece, wine velvet and gold tassel fringe, put rouched silver chiffon in the back window (going for that hearse chic kind of look), and finished the remaining raw edges of the fleece with a black rayon gimp braid. The only thing Hemi said she didn’t do to the car was to prime it before painting.

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December 14

Hildebrandt Brothers Star Wars Poster Cross Stitch

Natalie Owen worked on the greatest cross stitch pattern I think I’ve ever seen: the Star Wars poster by the Hildebrandt brothers. It’s 13″ x 16″. Natalie used the black cloth to her advantage here and did the piece as negative space, so she didn’t have to fill in all the black spaces with stitches. It used 50 colors of thread.

For me, I known of the Hildebrandt brothers from their Marvel paintings in the 80’s and 90’s (they were Alex Ross before Alex Ross ever was!), and just found out they were the ones responsible for creating this iconic poster.

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