September 20

Need to Stop That Pesky Mind Reading? There’s a Hat for That!

We all know that Magneto doesn’t really want anyone poking around his head. I mean who does?  He even has a dapper helmet to take care of that.

popscreen_magneto

But that can’t be the most comfortable, or warmest of hats. What  can one do but knit it of course? Ravelry user AnnaSwan has knit up a lovely replica waiting to keep out any troubling mind readers.  Now if only I had the power to call wool to  me.  Would that make me the Mistress of Fiber-tism? I’d take it.

AnnaSwan_magneto

 

 

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August 2

Knit an Arc Reactor Shawl

I am a member of the Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist, fan club and have the T-shirt to prove it. But I can’t wear a shirt like that to work. What I can wear is an Arc Reactor shawl and see who notices.  Crafter  Mabiana has done just that, knitting a  pattern to emulate the  Vibranium arc  reactor.

mabiana_arcreactornah

 

The pattern is only charted,  but look at what you get.  Your very own, quietly nerdy shawl.  You may not have built it in a cave with a box of scraps, but you can put it together with a couple of sticks and some string.

mabiana_arcreactorbuegel

 

 

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July 26

Knit Avengers Dishcloth Squares

Captain-Rachel avangers

Tumblr user Captain-Rachel has been kind enough to put out patterns to knit all the Avengers as dishcloths. These patterns, include written instructions, and charts so you can have a cloth made with your preferred instructions. The list includes all the Avengers, the team logo, S.H.I.E.L.D logo, and a cleverly designed Coulson logo. All you need for your team of Avengers.

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July 19

Knit a Very Cunning Cupcake

jayne cupcake

Jayne strapped on his hat
And in five seconds flat
Stole everything Boss Higgins had to steal.
Hero of Canton, The Ballad of Jayne Cobb

The hero of Canton had a hat.  Some tried to take the yarn away from us. Well then I say let us knit cake! Cupcakes, cunning ones at that. Blogger wipinsanity has created a free knitting pattern for a  Jayne cupcake.

Look at that cake, you know you want to make up.

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June 14

So Be It. You Shall Be the Fellowship of the Scarf

So everyone has seen the new trailer for the Desolation of Smaug right? Of course you have. Now back to the scarf. This is an epic double knit scarf of the iconic image from Fellowship of the Ring

 

Fellowship Scarf

 

Look at this scarf.  Now look at this poster. That is some good work right there. Tumblr user, The day was new, does great double knitting work. And she designed this on the fly using the image. The Tree of Gondor chart is available for free on Raverly. I only have so many crafty hours in the day. I just need a few extra.

Lord-of-the-Rings-1-The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-movie-poster

 

 

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