October 31

Pumpkin Roundup

I hate the smell of pumpkin so I was thrilled to see such a long thread on Craftster (and a couple other places) of jack o’ lanterns that I don’t have to look at in person. Here are the geekiest:

1. Muppets Dr. Bunsen and Beaker by knottie on Craftster

2. Carl Sagan by Kirk Mona on Twins City Naturalist

3. CSI Crime Scene by ConcreteJungler on Craftster

4. Dr. Who Dalek by sloth003 on Craftster

5. Lord of the Rings Gollum by bethiej78 on Craftster

6. The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy by knottie on Craftster

7. Knit 1 Purl 2 by domUNIQUE on Craftster

8. Star Trek Spock by patty_o_furniture on Craftster

9. Twilight Team Jacob by patty_o_furniture on Craftster

10. Wall-E and Eve by knottie on Craftster

11. Where the Wild Things Are by miss catbread on Craftster

12. Flesh Eating Zombie by teriyakimoto on Craftster

13. Star Wars R2D2 by Derringdos on Flickr

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July 8

Zombie Potato

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=312150.msg3587001#msg3587001

Anthropomorphic food amuses me to no end, and this zombie potato from Craftster Kitty Ballistic is no exception. Sewn of felt with embroidered details, she says,

“Nathan is a bit of an outcast amongst his spuddy pals. They’re not really worried that he’s going to eat their brains on account of the fact that A) he doesn’t have a mouth and B) they’re tubers, they don’t have brains. They don’t even mind his unusual skin tone, although there have been rumours that his ‘scar’ was drawn on with felt tipped pen. Nathan ignores their comments, he knows his moment in the spotlight will come. He’s just waiting for his big break – a starring role in “Dawn of the Vegetable Rack”.”

Yes, a zombie potato named Nathan. I love this. Kitty also makes mere mortal potatoes, in case you’re not into the current zombie craze.

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January 19

Zombie Baby Ball

Zombie Baby Ball

Craftster user ChrisSews wanted to make something that a guy would enjoy opening at a couples baby shower. Since the guy in question is into zombies, she came up with a Zombie Training ball. She says,

I embroidered the baby zombie, and the “Future Zombie Hunter” on black satin and white flannel.  I found this great black and red skull fabric and also used some red velvet, red grid fleece, white striped terry to make lots of different textures for the baby.  I also added some ribbon taggies.  I finished it off with black felt end caps embroidered with the biohazard symbol.

This baby will be prepared for the inevitable zombie invasion right from the start!

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January 11

Left 4 Dead Super Zombies Amigurumi

Left 4 Dead Super Zombies Amigurumi

Here’s another great Christmas gift… Craftster user windgie79 crocheted her husband an entire set of Amigurumi zombies from the game Left 4 Dead. She used a pattern from Creepy Cute Crochet by Christen Haden of NeedleNoodles. This one is “The Smoker.” Definitely click through to see the rest!

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June 24

Half-Life Headcrab Zombie Costume

Headcrab Zombie Costume

Craftster user melyssa_marie made this super costume for her boyfriend of a Headcrab Zombie from Valve’s Half-Life. The crab itself is made from vinyl and paint. She was so clever with the guts on the shirt…a fake apple split in half and a fake loaf of bread!

P.S. She made her present costume too, which cracks me up because my parents did that to me when I was five. It was horrible because in kindergarten that day we were cutting out shapes to make Halloween mobiles and I couldn’t cut because I could barely move my arms. Childhood tragedies.

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