Holy Hand Grenade with Pseudo Instructions

A little while ago, I was involved in a really fun Monty Python-themed swap on Craftster (I wrote all about it here) and one of the things I made for my partner was a Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch! Well, I didn't exactly write down the pattern as I went, but I more or less…

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Lick-able Eyes

I have a new amigurumi fad that I am obsessed with. Not only am I using them on my amigurumis whenever I can - not only am I actually designing my amigurumi with particular ones in mind - but I am also looking them up on Etsy and ogling them. Strange? Yes. Justifiable? Oh, yes.…

I Heart the Toy Society

I was browsing around on craftster the other day (I do this a lot) and I came across someone who had made an adorable little toy for the toy society and left it in a random public location to be picked up by a random person to subsequently make their day! So I immediately checked…

MP Swap Part II

Last week I received the receiving end of my swap - and I love it!! Thanks aethelberga, you are the best! First off, I got a beautiful wall hanging made of fabric. It's from my most favouritest sketch of all - the Constitutional Peasant. In the background, it says, 'Listen strange women lying in ponds…

WHAT…is your Quest??

Last month I signed up for a craft swap on craftster - my first one. How could I possibly resist a Monty Python swap?? I am a huge huge huge fan of Monty Python. I was that kid in school that could recite entire stretches of Holy Grail. Yeah. So, my swap partner, aethelberga, just…

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone is up and at 'em because the Easter Bunny came last night!! And he brought lots of chocolates hidden cleverly around the house! Perhaps the E.B. left some of these crocheted eggs for you. They are extraordinarily lovely! Plus, they will fill up your basket without really adding any weight. Of course...…

Scarflette, Anyone?

What is a scarflette, anyway? When I asked google, even it wasn't sure. (Being a made-up word doesn't exactly help.) So then I asked Etsy. Seems they aren't totally sure either! People have categorized anything from a shawl to a crochet necklace to an actual scarf as 'scarflette'. Confusifying. Well, in my mind, a scarflette…

I’m Hungry

How about a nice thin crust pizza for starters ... (Created by melbangel on Flickr!) .. and then finish it up with a sweet sundae. (Whipped up by stripeyblue on Flickr.) MMmmmm. Yarn-y goodness. Ok. That sundae makes me ready for summer now!

Holy Freeform Crochet, Batman

This is something that I've had some fun google image searching lately. Basically, from what I've gathered from the internet, to make a freeform crochet piece, you just start crocheting... and then the key is not to stop. When you switch up the type of yarn, the colour, the technique, maybe throw in some knitted…

Hyperbolic Crochet of Coolness

I am a math geek. I should point that out now. I, therefore, think it's so amazingly neat that someone figured out how to represent a hyperbolic surface using crochet! (That someone, by the way, was mathematician Daina Taimina.) What is a hyperbolic surface, you may rightly ask. Well, it is defined as anything that…