I received a submission that took my breath away with its epic-ness. It’s a crocheted Star Wars afghan that Allison made for her son. My favourite part of it is that Chewbacca and the wampa are furry! I just have no words. It’s all kinds of awesome
For tons more awesome pictures of this head on over to the Craftster thread!
So it’s the time of year when you may be busting out your holiday baking supplies, ready to get your peanut butter blossom and jam thumbprint cookie on. That’s cool, if you want to be like everybody else. But we here at GeekCrafts are prone to take it up a notch. A rather geeky notch. In which case, this project will probably appeal to you.
Callye Alvarado at Sweet Sugar Belle has come up with a clever way to repurpose several ordinary holiday cookie cutters into Star Wars greatness. In the picture above, check out how a candy corn becomes an Imperial Cruiser, a wrapped candy becomes a Tie Fighter, an ornament becomes the Millennium Falcon, and a bell becomes Darth Vader. On her blog, also see examples of a morphing tombstone, Santa Claus, spider, and skull.
Will you be doing any holiday baking this month, either geeky or generally festive?
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Cosplayer Ryoko-demon has done an amazing job with her costume of Rogue from the “X-Men: Evolution” cartoon. She looks like she stepped right out of the tv. Ryoko-demon made the costume and wig herself. If you get the chance to look through her Deviant Art site, check out the wigs she’s made.
Guys, guys, I really thought it would be a few weeks before I posted anything doctor who related. I really did. Silly me. Pretty much five minutes after that thought I was informed of the existence of a double knit doctor who scarf making the rounds on Ravelry. Frivolite Handcrafts has created a scarf titled The Name of the Doctor.
Tardis? Check. Gallifreyan script. Check. Possibly needing a time machine to get this done anytime soon? Check and check.
While I have a fondness for a variety of fandoms, I would probably have to say I am most fond of Star Trek. There’s just so much to love! That’s why I was drawn to this Warp Speed Galaxy Shirt project by Katie Smith at Punk Projects.
Her tutorial looks so easy – a couple of spritzes of bleach on a black t-shirt, some dabs of paint, a speedy little Enterprise and boom, you’re off to seek out new life and new civilizations!
I love how subtle it is – you’d really have to look for that little Enterprise, but for the trained eye, it would be like an Easter Egg on a shirt. :)
A fun related note – Katie is already known for her Star Trek crafts, as seen in her Star Trek Christmas ornaments project I have previously featured. She also contributed the Starfleet Uniform Apron project (p 80) to my Star Trek Crafts book!
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Sometimes, the simplest crafts are the best.
Felicitybaby at Craftster and from Seattle, gives us this Matt Smith hoop in honor of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.
She made this for her partner in a recent Doctor Who swap.
