XF-RELATED SILLINESS . . . WITH YARN!

Jan 29, 2009 23:01

I'M A KNITTER AND ON RAVELRY, WHICH IS A SITE OF AWESOME-RATHER A CROSS OF A SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITE (THERE ARE FORUMS ON EVERYTHING FROM PEOPLE CRAFTING A CERTAIN PROJECT TO FANDOM GROUPS) AND A WAY TO ORGANISE ONE'S YARN/NEEDLES/HOOKS, ETC. IT'S FANTASTIC.

ANYWAY, I WAS ON THE X-FILES FORUM TODAY AND FOUND A THREAD OF XF-INSPIRED KNIT (AND CROCHET) CRAFTINESS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE EXTERNAL LINKS.

A FEW EXAMPLES:
* A TAKE-OFF ON THE USUAL XOXO PATTERN ON A HAT . . . USING XF-FONT XS AND ALIEN HEADS!
* AN ALIEN-WHICH IS BOTH NOT GREY AND A BIT ODD-LOOKING . . .
* A FLUKEWORM-UNFORTUNATELY, I COULDN'T FIND AN EXTERNAL LINK FOR THIS ONE. SADFACE. (THE FULL PATTERN NAME IS "AMIGURAMI PLANARIAN AKA FLATWORM, PLATYHELMINTHES DUGESIA," WHICH MAKES ME HAPPY-ALSO, THE PATTERN DESIGNER IS IN THE "BIOLOGIST KNITTERS" GROUP.)
* AN ERLENMEYER FLASK!! I DEFINITELY HAVE TO MAKE ONE-THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVOURITE GLASSWARE (I GUESS I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO CROCHET NOW . . .)

NOT ON THE XF FORUM, BUT STILL RELATED SOMEWHAT-A KNITTED LOCH NESS MONSTER!! (THIS COULD DEFINITELY BE MADE INTO A BIG BLUE.) DO WANT.

(EDIT FOR SPELLING FAIL. WHY DID I THINK "ERLENMEYER" HAD AN "H" IN IT?)

ETA (AGAIN): ANYONE ELSE ON RAVELRY? I'M LILYOFSHALOTT OVER THERE AS WELL.

some science up in here, knit me a mulder plz, cool stuff, inspired by documented accounts

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