Posts Tagged "knitting pattern"

Free pattern: Stitched Slake Moth + Plarchie meets China Mieville

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 16 Dec, 2011 in Beasts, Birds and Creatures, Events, Fantabulous Crafty People, Knitting, Knitting Patterns, London, My Knits, Plarchie the Giant Squid, Random Knits, Squid | 0 comments

Slake Moths, from China Mieville’s Perdido Street Station, feed on people’s dreams, they excrete nightmare-making invisible poo, and they leave their victims behind as drooling hunks of human vegetable.

So what would make a more perfect tribute to Mr Mieville’s monsters than to immortalise them in lovely squishy yarn, I ask you?

Manic Mars Martians Knitting Pattern

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 30 Jun, 2011 in Beasts, Birds and Creatures, Knitting Patterns, My Knits, Random Knits | 2 comments

The life of a Manic Mars Martian is exhausting. They spend their days crazily rushing about making Mars Marmalade from mysterious Mars Mandarins for their tea and zipping behind rocks to hide from the prying eyes of nosy human telescopes spying for signs of life on Mars. The Martians are quite happy being left to glug down their Marmalade Tea is peace, thank you very much! On a special expedition these Mars Martians dropped into London’s Science Museum to visit Stitch London’s Stitched Science...

Free pattern: Captain Cat-Battler the Scurvy Catnip Mouse

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on 27 May, 2011 in Beasts, Birds and Creatures, Knitting Patterns, My Knits, Random Knits | 10 comments

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarn! Me hearties! The notorious Captain Cat-Battler is a veteran of cat vs mouse conflict. Since the dawn of time, rodents and their feline foe have pitted their wits against one another. Captain Cat-Battler is a handmade hero of mousekind, keeping the cats of the world on their furry toes with his cunning and his defiant squeak. Captain Cat-Battler was designed specially for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and their new Cat Knit project. The Battersea Home is one of my favourite...