Yarn

Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed toys. I prefer small stuffed death. And nudibranchs. Can't have too many of those. Anybody got any liquid nitrogen?

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stitchbug's amigurumi

Passing through the Habu Textiles booth at Stitches West one year, I looked up, saw a sample of this "sweater", and said, "That's a River Tam sweater and I must knit it." 

It's knit from silk and stainless steel (no joke) thread, it's code name was "The Impossible Unsweater Project", and it was a royal pain in the ass to knit, it's stretched out is weird unpredictable ways, and I'm still pretty damn proud of it.

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stitchbug's River Tam

These are probably the best thing I've ever knit. I certainly wear them the most. And they're knit from Cascade Greenland, which is my favorite yarn on the planet. It doesn't pill, it has awesome stitch definition, and has a delicious weight to it. I made a pair for Luke too. We wear them together and sing about laundry while we do it. Because we're that cool.

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stitchbug's Penny Gloves

I have a lot of Griffindors in my life, and I dress them accordingly. These patterns all came from Charmed Knits, a Harry Potter-inspired knitting book. Aside from providing me with Mrs. Weasley sweater patterns, I've found this book to be one of the best in my arsenal for basic knitting patterns, from socks to shawls. And yes, there are enough mitten, hat, and scarf patterns to keep S.P.E.W. rolling for years to come.

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stitchbug's Harry Potter projects

A crocheted corset in Tunisian crochet. The corset has channels built into the back to hold custom-designed wings without strings. The pattern (minus the wing-supporting structure) came from Stitch Diva Studios. I opted for spiral steel boning, because we all know how I feel about proper boning, and encased it in silver lamé ribbon to add a little sparkle peaking though.

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stitchbug's Fairy Corset

For Luke's fourth birthday, he asked me to knit him a deep sea angler fish. Only my child... My husband was the one that came up with the brilliant idea to spin glow-in-the-dark cobwebs into glow-in-the-dark yarn. Check out the full big fish story here.

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stitchbug's Scary Fish

Attachment:
Scary Fish Story.pdf

I'm a big fan of The Anticraft. Everyone should know where to get a Vlad the Impaler Bobble Hat pattern if they're in a pinch. It's a shame that the site is not quite so active as it once was, but there are loads of archives to amuse and entertain. (A word of warning regarding the pattern archives, when they say NSFW, they mean it.)

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stitchbug's Anticraft projects