Knitting

Teeny Tiny Knitted Teemo: League of Legends gets knitted

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 15 Jan, 2013 in Beasts, Birds and Creatures, Blog, Custom Stuff, Famous Things and Folks, Geekery, My Knits | 7 comments

Folks, meet Teeny Tiny Knitted Teemo from the HUGE online multiplayer game I hadn’t heard of.

A post in which I confess my shame as a League of Legends game playing geek girl.

One for the hipsters: Snake-Ridden Snapper

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 14 Jan, 2013 in Beasts, Birds and Creatures, Blog, Custom Stuff, Events, Knitting, My Knits, Random Knits | 2 comments

When the fine folks at Lomography asked me to use my woolly magic to customise one of their fabulous new Lomography DIY Sardina cameras I shouted “HELL YES!” at them rather to loudly. The Snake-ridden Snapper was born…

Knitting pattern: The Killing – Little Knitted Sarah Lund

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 18 Nov, 2012 in Blog, Cooey the Pigeon, Knitting, Knitting Patterns, My Knits, Random Knits, The Killing Handbook, Tutorials and How Tos | 2 comments

Little Knitted Sarah Lund, is a handknitted version of the hardworking, jumper-wearing, tenacious detective lady from stabby Danish TV drama The Killing (Forbrydelsen for those who speak Danish out there). She’s made from yarn but that doesn’t mean she’s soft and squishy, oh no. She’ll unravel the mystery of the murder even if it means no sleep for a week and wearing ‘that jumper’ the whole time, and she won’t move to Sweden until she does.

Being a piece of the Craftivist Jigsaw: how craft can help change the world for the better

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 16 Oct, 2012 in Charity knits, Craftivist Jigsaw Project, Solo Graffiti, Travel | 1 comment

Can one tiny stitch change the world? Join me and the rest of the craft community in the Craftivist Jigsaw Project, and find out how you can use your crafty kung fu to be a world changer. Go on.

Free pattern: Bonkers Beanies for St Mungo’s Woolly Hat Day

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 26 Sep, 2012 in Beasts, Birds and Creatures, Blog, Charity knits, Free patterns, Knitting, Knitting Patterns, My Knits, Random Knits | 0 comments

This autumn I’ve teamed up with the folks at St Mungo’s, a charity ‘opening doors for the homeless’, to champion their Woolly Hat Day and rally the knitting masses to use your purly powers to make a difference in the lives of people who need your help to find a home.

Update: Stitch London Olympics Week 2

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 12 Aug, 2012 in Beasts, Birds and Creatures, Blog, Cooey the Pigeon, Knitting, London, My Knits, Stitch London Knits, Stitch London Olympics | 2 comments

Week Two of the Stitch London Olympics. Proving herself to be the Jessica Ennis of knitted pigeons Cooey has gone for gold in a whole host of events since then. Here are the highlights of the woolly week gone by