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Glitzy Super Mario Bros. Fashion Collection
Any articles of Super Mario Bros. apparel I've seen before usually consist of hand-knitted creations like the 1Up Mushroom or the beautiful Princess Peach scarves. Well feast your eyes on this glamorous Super Mario Bros.
Baby Miittens: Little Ball Hands Not So Freakish After All
Danger, childless geeks! Viewing this baby gnawing on her Knitted Miittens may make you want to have children. Or at least coo at this tiny baby's face.
Wiimote + Nunchuk = Knitting Needles?!
I've seen things knitted for the Wii, but I had never actually considered using the Wii to knit, yet that's what an artist and a scientist set out to do on Kniiting.
Using the Wiimote and nunchuk as "needles", Kniitting tracks hand motions of the actual knitting, making up code as it goes along. It looks like Kniitting will eventually have a Wii game, so you can knit, game, and make awesome geek crafts all at once.
What Is Your Favorite Geeky DIY Project of 2008?
On we go with the Best of 2008 series! Being a geek and being crafty seem to go hand in hand; both take ingenuity. Even if you're a big-time techie but can't sew, glue, or cook to save your life, everyone still appreciates a rad geeky DIY project.
Motherboard Dish Towel: Love It or Leave It?
My geek crafts have been put to shame, people: Check out this embroidered motherboard dish towel a crafty blogger created. Even though there are many photos and details of how it's done, I can't even look at it without my jaw dropping open.
The only thing I don't love about this dish towel is that it's not yet being produced.
Crafty Text Goes Where No Other Text Has Gone Before
Embroidered birth announcements — check, embroidered flowers — check, embroidered text messages? What the. .
Geek Tip: How to Make a Monitor Cozy
Martha Stewart has some directions for how to make a monitor cozy from an old issue of Blueprint, which reminded me of the monitor cozies I created for my boyfriend's two monitors last year. Lest you get discouraged by how nice and fancy Martha's version is, just check out the ones I made on my own, with just a bit of quick measuring and side-seam sewing. I also added a lining as well as a decorative fabric, since, like Martha says, it adds a little bit of color to the room.
Holy TV Character Cubeecrafts, Batman!
I thought I geeked out when I saw (and devoted much time to making) Mario Cubeecrafts, but now they're really trying to kill me with the cute — check out these new papercrafts of classic TV characters! Pictured here from left to right, we have Pamela Anderson in Baywatch, Earl Hickey from My Name is Earl, and Dr. Jack Shepard from one of my all-time fave TV shows, Lost.
Cool PaperCraft Fun: Goobeesta
I know how you all love papercrafts, so when I found these super-cute, ice cream-loving guys while surfing the Internets, I had to pass them along to you. Free to download, these "Fold and Fun" characters are pretty easy to put together, as I did all three over the weekend.
Goobeesta has even provided a blank cutout for you to design your own paper monster!
Website of the Day: CraftStylish
Even if you're not crafty enough to design and print your own fabric, I bet you can appreciate the fact that others can — especially if you chill on geeksugar because I love crafty geek stuff!
CraftStylish is a new site where not only can you check out the creative handmade goods from other crafters, but you are also encouraged to share yours.
It's a fun, low-pressure place to say "look what I did!"
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