Geek knitting, fandom crafts and oddball ugly crafts like embellished sweatshirts

Knitting is a vast, weird, and wonderful world full of odd little corners and strange byways. Join the discussion about fandom crafts, geek knitting, and ugly crafts, interspersed with in-depth articles on stash management, knitting techniques, and hand-spinning fiber.

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Fandom Crafts: Printable Angry Birds cubes
Print, cut, glue, and throw!
Posted on: 06/25/13
Posted on: 06/22/13
4 Comments
Bad Crafts: Monster/Rockstar tab bracelets
Actually I totally get this one
Posted on: 06/21/13
1 Comments
Posted on: 06/20/13
Measuring your yarn
How long is a piece of string?
Posted on: 06/18/13
Posted on: 06/17/13
Posted on: 06/16/13
1 Comments
Bad Crafts: Bedazzling
The lowest form of crafting BUT I WANT ONE.
Posted on: 06/03/13
Bad Crafts: Amateur candlemaking
Lumpy, bumpy, and dumb
Posted on: 06/01/13
4 Comments
Posted on: 05/31/13
Bad Crafts: Sock monkeys
Some people like them; some find them terrifying
Posted on: 05/31/13
2 Comments
Fandom Crafts: Babylon 5
Crafts and portents
Posted on: 05/30/13
1 Comments
Bad Crafts: Bead geckos
Where do you draw the line?
Posted on: 05/30/13
3 Comments
Spinning art yarn
Add weird stuff to your yarn, it's fun!
Posted on: 05/28/13
1 Comments
Posted on: 05/25/13
5 Comments
Posted on: 05/24/13
Geek Crafts: Three uses for old cat5 cable
The WiFi revolution leaves us with a lot of spare cable.
Posted on: 05/23/13
Geek Crafts: Five uses for old floppy disks
Rrrk chicka chicka rrrk rrrk chicka.
Posted on: 05/22/13
2 Comments
Bad Crafts: Beading
A perfectly harmless hobby that can go so very far astray.
Posted on: 05/21/13
1 Comments
Bad Crafts: Celebrity craft tie-ins
Shameless cash grab ahoy!
Posted on: 05/21/13
2 Comments
Craft skills: Stop reading and start doing
Too much research can bog you down.
Posted on: 05/17/13
1 Comments
Posted on: 05/16/13
Posted on: 05/16/13
Bad Crafts: Bed dolls
Maybe I just have a thing against dolls.
Posted on: 05/15/13
Bad Crafts: Toilet paper dolls
Come on, seriously?
Posted on: 05/14/13
2 Comments
Fandom crafts: Cthulhu knitting
Who's the cutest little squamous horror? You are! Yes you are!
Posted on: 05/13/13
Bad crafts: Latch hook rugs
Unwanted, unattractive and inevitably unfinished.
Posted on: 05/10/13
2 Comments
Bad Crafts: Macrame
No child of the 70s could avoid it.
Posted on: 05/09/13
2 Comments
Sherlock knitting
Fans of 221B Baker Street have their knitting needles at the ready.
Posted on: 05/08/13
Happy 10th anniversary, Knitty.com!
Can it really have been a decade already?
Posted on: 05/03/13
2 Comments

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