June 7

Knit a Captain Marvel Sweater

I’m am starting quite the collection of sweaters I want to knit because there keep being awesome patterns that I stumble across. Most recently it was coming across a finished Captain Marvel sweater. Then a little while ago, the knitter put up a chart to help make your very own.

cap_marvel chart

 

What can I say I’m easy to please. Give me a nice bright nerdy sweater and I’m done for. Look at this sweater.

Captain Marvel Sweater
Captain Marvel Sweater

 

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June 6

Avengers Amigurumi

avengersamigurumi

Last week, I decided to crochet my way through the Avengers.  By combining two different Cthulhu patterns and nixing the tentacles, I managed to get the look I wanted.  I made Black Widow, The Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, and Hawkeye.  Hawkeye was the most difficult to recreate since, in the film, he wears mostly black which makes him a bit more difficult to place than, say, Captain America.  Still, I added a little bow to give a heavy hint as to his identity.  The Hulk’s my personal favorite.  I just love his angry eyebrows.

 

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May 31

Welcome To Level 7 – Snailvenger Patterns

snail flash

Many moons ago, on the ides of March, I posted about the Snailvengers and that there were more team members in the works and patterns in production. Crocheters gather your hooks! There are now patterns available in the etsy shop. And if that wasn’t good enough, look at Snail Coulson. Look at his CARDS. He has snail cap trading cards people. SNAIL CAP CARDS. And if somehow the snailvengers are not your speed. Maybe the scarlet speedster is more to your pace.

snailvenger agent coulson

Don’t forget to check out the etsy shop or tumblr. You may notice a few snailifed heroes on a half shell as well.

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May 23

Avengers Magic Puzzle Cube Papercraft

Avengers Papercraft Magic Puzzle Cube

Did you ever have one of those cool magic cube puzzles when you were a kid? The sort that you could kind of turn inside-out? I picked one up at a Science museum this weekend with solar system facts on it, and it got me thinking I’d quite like to make one of my own.

A quick Google later and I’d stumbled upon a pattern for making a papercraft version. So, as with most things, I decided to take the pattern and “geek it up” to create an Avengers Magic Puzzle Cube.

This cube features Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Agent Coulson, Agent Hill, Dr. Selvig, Loki and the Avengers logo. Yep – 12 images on one cube. Well, it is magic. Here’s a quick vid of it in action, in case you still don’t know what I’m talking about.

Want to make your own? I’ve uploaded the pattern I used especially for you guys. There aren’t any instructions, you just need to remember that each strip makes two adjoining cubes, and the labelled tabs then connect them all together.

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March 19

Iron Man-Inspired Crocheted Gloves

Iron Man-Inspired 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.

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