By Colleen, on July 18th, 2009%
Remember my Tux mittens that I knitted last winter (which would have been summer if I had been in Australia then?) They are kewl but I don’t often have cause to wear mittens, and they don’t actually fit me on top of that–the assumption of the design was that geeks are MALE with male-sized hands. . . . → Read More: Tux Geekcraft Plarn Bag
By Colleen, on March 15th, 2009%
Your faithful dork recently had to be hospitalized for surgery. Everything went well and full recovery is expected, but I did get a midline incision that incapacitated my core until it heals. You use your core for EVERYTHING, so that nasty little side effect could not clear up too soon!
While convalescing I knitted these geek mittens. I adapted a pattern created by flibbertigibbet bunny and graciously shared opensource style. Ain’t the internet amazing!!! If you are interested, the pattern is available on bunny’s blog, and I’ll only post it here if it ever becomes unavailable there. Bunny definitely deserves not only link luv, but a few clickthroughs from here as well. The blog is worth a perusal for some other interesting projects as well.
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By Colleen, on February 26th, 2009%
Everyone loves a freebie, even geeks, who are notorious for their immunity to normal sales tactics. But not just any cheap fris–ah woops I mean flying disk–or boring white promotional T-shirt will do: to truly capture a geek’s heart it has to be the right schwag..
Continue reading Free Virtual Geek Swag: 3-D Tux