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Geek Fashion: DIY Wonder Woman Sweater

It was the first unofficial day of Fall in Seattle yesterday. The sky became overcast, it rained for the first time in 49(!) days, and I wore a sweater and scarf to work. (The scarf may have been slight overkill, but my office’s air conditioning is ridiculous.) Needless to say, awesomely geeky sweaters need to find their way into my wardrobe soon.

Kirsty Lothian has created the pattern to this fantastic Wonder Woman sweater (or jumper, as she calls it). The detail is excellent, and the sweater is cute enough to wear around non-geeks. Plus, creating the sweater makes for the most perfect “cozy, cuddled up on the couch” activity for those brisk Fall nights!

You can find the instructions for free at Ravelry.com.

(Source: Fashionably Geek)

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Contest: Knits for Nerds

I received an amazing book in the mail recently titled “Knits for Nerds“. The book has 30 knitting projects all based on things from our favorite shows, books, and activities. The only problem? I don’t knit. Correction: I knit lumpy scarves with the best of them (and I LOVE my lumpy scarves). But when faced with amazing projects like a baby elf hat, a Star Trek: TNG-inspired sweater or dress, or a laptop bag that doubles as a chess board, I knew I wouldn’t be able to do them justice. So I want to pass on the amazingness to you!

The book’s projects range from easy to advanced (easy includes a scarf inspired by Jayne’s hat from Firefly, and advanced includes a stuffed robot inspired by the Cybermen from Doctor Who) and most of the projects are cute on their own–your non-nerdy friends may never know that the shrug you’re wearing is actually inspired by Galadriel from LOTR. For those who are newer to knitting, there’s a great “abbreviations and techniques” section in the back that includes full color pictures on how to do certain knits. Even I would be able to figure it out!

I’m guessing you want to know how to get this book in your little knitting hands. You have three ways to enter! (Leave a comment for each entry for it to count more than once.)

  1. Leave a comment with the nerdiest/geekiest knitting project you’ve ever done.
  2. Follow The Geeky Hostess on Twitter.
  3. “Like” The Geeky Hostess on Facebook.

This contest is open to residents of the US only, since I’ll be shipping the book out myself. A winner will be chosen on Thursday, March 15th at noon. Good luck!

Don’t want to take your chances and would rather just buy the book? It’s available for $11.55 at Amazon.com

Disclosure: I was provided with a copy of the book to review by Andrews McMeel Publishing. The review is my own opinion.

 

EDIT: I randomly (using Random.org) selected our winner: #15, Jen! Congrats Jen! You’ll be getting an email from me shortly.

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Illusion Knitting

Seattle is in a city-wide snow day today, and I can’t think of anything more cozy than staying inside all day, drinking tea and knitting. Turn cozy into epic with an illusion knitting pattern.

Maybe illusion knitting’s been around for a while, but I was just introduced to it yesterday and think it’s pretty incredible. You can find out more information at IllusionKnitting.WoollyThoughts.com and can purchase patterns (including the Mona Lisa one) here for around $5 each. They also have a variety of geeky patterns including characters from Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Doctor Who.

Do you have snow? What are you doing on this cozy day?

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