While I was in my Supernatural phase, I had the idea that I could make up different characters from the show. I found a pattern I liked for a basic doll, and began choosing colors and making minor modifications. Dean was the easiest of the three. The hardest about him was selecting the correct shades […]
I’m a fan of the television show Supernatural, although I don’t get to watch it that often. I do have to do some serious catch up to do for the last mumble-mumble seasons. I liked the horror movie aspects, but mostly I was in love with that 1967 Chevrolet Impala, nicknamed by fandom the Metallicar.
Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he’s not afraid of anything. – Wash, Firefly Continuing my theme of nerdy knits, I bring you the Jayne hat. The moment my Browncoat friends discover I can knit, I’m asked if I can make them one. At last count I have made seven hats
The danger of being a knitter or a crocheter is looking at something an thinking, “I can make that.” Many times things I know I can make I end up not, mostly because of the time involved. This is one of those cases where I thought it and did it. My friend Elanor and I
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Ever Look At Yarn And Think It Could Be More Sonic? In my ongoing posts for a series I’m not really watching but make props from, I give you the Sonic Screwdriver V2. There are seven designs available on Ravelry at the time I posted this, available in both knit and crochet. This particular
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Continuing my theme of creating things from a fandom I’m not officially part of, I present a knit Dalek I made for a friend. The pattern is cleverly named Extermaknit. I remember being intimidated when I first made this. There were several skills involved in making it that I tried for the first time. It
I am going to out myself right now as not a Doctor Who fan. Before the angry mobs show up to revoke my geek card, let me explain. Because I’m not currently a Doctor Who fan doesn’t mean I don’t want to be a Doctor Who fan. I have not had time to sit down
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The Alien Illusion Scarf was the pattern that got me knitting. This wasn’t the first project I completed, but it was the one that fired my imagination. Who wouldn’t want to have aliens wrapped around their neck? I had attempted knitting on and off a few times in my teens and twenties. But I
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The first step to healing is admitting you have a problem. And I will admit it. I am a yarn addict. And like most addicts, I have a stash. This is about one percent of it. Any crafter, no matter how casual, ends up with a stash of some kind. Mine started because of a
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