January 3

Hunger Games Afghans

Are you as excited about the first installment of the Hunger Games movies coming out in just under 3 months?  My geeky love for literature about dystopian worlds had me eating up the Hunger Games.  I stumbled upon this great pattern for afghans based on each of the books on the Hunger Games Down With the Capitol site (They also have a slew of other craft patterns pertaining to Hunger Games too!). Perhaps something to keep you cozy in the theater?

 

 

 

 

 

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January 3

Nood the Noob

Nood the NoobDoes everyone hate writing introductions for themselves? I’m considering doing the whole thing in third person and instructing you to read it in a TV-announcer voice… but it just wouldn’t be the same without a spangly curtain to hide behind. Ug, ok, here we go…

Hi, I’m Noodle. No relation to The FSM; it’s a nickname I picked up working in New York one summer, during another excruciating introductory event. We were going around the circle, telling everyone ”what we want to get out of working together;” the platitudes were getting more vomit-us by the minute. The girl directly before me explained that she wanted to (I quote) ”Learn a new recipe for soup, so as to combine the best bits from all of us into one nourishing whole.” I, completely inexplicably came out with ”And I want to be the noodles in your soup, absorbing all the goodness.” And thus The Noods was born.

I’m still not sure if they realised I was joking.

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January 2

Starbug Tshirt

Hi there folks!

Hope you have all had a good new year and sticking to those new year resolutions.

Today I have this amazing stenciled tshirt featuring Starbug from Red Dwarf.

This creative piece as made by EllieJay from Craftster.

She also shows a great cyclist design done the the same splatter style which is very effective. I would love to try this out myself.

 

 

Links:

  • Starbug Tshirt
  • EllieJay’s Craftster Profile
  • EllieJay’s Blog

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    January 2

    Winters in Durotar

    I suspect winters in Durotar are about as mild as the one I’ve been experiencing in the DC area lately. It has been positively tropical, which is a little wonderful and a little weird for a Chicago native such as myself. In truth, the only bad thing about the warm weather is the fact that I can’t floss cute hats, like the one submitted by Moxley on Craftster.

    The logo on this hat is perfect and must have been a real how-do-you-do to have knit so deftly. My troll mage would luuurve the cute lil’ pom on the top, matching her hair to perfection.  Excellent work, Moxley!

    FOR THE HORDE!

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    January 1

    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.

    Lego baby blanket

    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?

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