March
22
March
22
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?
March
22
Friday Round-Up: Give ’em STEAM
Some of you may have heard of the acronym STEM: Science Technology, Engineering and Math. A respectable, geeky term in it’s own right, but probably a little stuffy for us over here at GeekCraft.
Recently, however, there has been a lot of talk about STEAM, which takes the stuffiness of STEM and adds an “A” for arts, injecting all sorts of coolness and excitement. In all seriousness, advocates of STEAM argue that arts provide school-aged children with a lot of skills valued in the world like design, problem solving, creativity, stick-to-it-ivness, etc., It is in that spirit of STEAM that I wanted to take this Friday round-up to focus on activities that you can do with young people in your life that promote this important intersection of art, science, engineering, and craft:
First up, just in time for those of you celebrating Easter, we’ve got egg geodes from Tinkerlabs. It’s some good chemistry (my favorite) and can lead to a nice conversation about geology. AND..and…it is colorful and fun.
March
21
Fantastic Flickr Finds!
Have you been to the Geek Crafts Flickr group? It’s a friendly place, one where amazing crafters can share photos of their geektastic creations with other amazing crafters. There’s also a dandy discussion feature where you can interact with all of your new friends! How about some introductions to get the ball rolling? Go on, don’t be shy. You’re among friends!
And here’s a slideshow of everyone’s photos!
March
20
Embroidered Tribute to Eddie Izzard
It’s an amazing embroidered tribute to the awesome Eddie Izzard by Pam! Look at the beautiful satin stitching! I came across this while browsing through the pool in the Geek Crafts Flickr Group and immediately started to giggle. Yes, I actually lol’d. But who doesn’t lol at Eddie Izzard’s stand-up? The man is hilarious! And he can rock a pair of stilettos. Oh, you haven’t heard of him? Click here to be enlightened! (Slightly NSFW because of slightly spicy language.)
Fun fact! Not only is Eddie Izzard one of the funniest comedians out there, he’s also a great serious actor. He played the bad guy in one of my favourite shows, the Day of the Triffids mini-series that aired in 2009! He also starred as Grandpa Munster in last year’s Munsters remake, 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
March
19
Iron Man-Inspired Crocheted Gloves
We all want to be part of The Avengers. Let’s face it. Maybe you’ve created your own superhero or maybe you really want to be Thor. Or Captain America. Or, well, Iron Man. (Or, if you’re me, you want to be Joss Whedon!)
Louie over at Louie’s Loops found a fun way to show off his love for comics and The Avengers — crocheted fingerless gloves in Iron Man’s colors, complete with Power Circles! Originally inspired by a pair he found on Etsy being sold by Nerdifacts, he created his own version and shared the pattern — for free!
Check out the pattern below and comment with your favorite Avengers crafts.
- Pattern for Iron Man Fingerless Gloves by Louie’s Loops
- Iron Man Gauntlets by Nerdifacts on Etsy
- More Avengers crafts on GeekCrafts