a tell-tale yarnbomb

Hellooooo Edgar Allan Poe!

Another literary yarn-bomb at the library. Mr. Edgar Allan Poe knit onto a tree.

Shared by Joshua Stearns.

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Narwhal

Narwhal.

Made and shared by Stronger than Dirt.

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Rattus Mortei

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“Egg cozy modeled after the Death of Rats from the Terry Pratchett Discworld novels.”

Made and shared by Tammy aka merrickball.

Free pattern via Ravelry!

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Olek does Yoko Ono’s “Grapefruit”

Do you know about Yoko Ono’s book of instructions, Grapefruit?

“Walk all over the city with an empty baby carriage.”

Created by Olek.

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library yarnbomb en Montréal !

Les Ville-Laines aux Journées de la Culture

Shared by Tricot Pirate.

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great-looking cthulhu wings

Little Cthulhu

Cthulhu Amigurumi by Monte A. Smith.

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sandman amigurumi

Dream - Sandman - Crochet

Spotted on flickr, made by AglaÏa aka Susan P.

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‘Dirty Kiss’ Cole Kenjiro McGinnis by Swallow


Source and maker’s site: http://swallowtt.blogspot.com/2011/08/dirty-kiss-cole.html

She did a Kim Jae-Min too!

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Kindle Cover

Kindle Cover

Made and shared by Kristin Briney.

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Shoggoth by Lucy Bad Dog

Shoggoth 3

Made and shared by Nik Tardew aka Lucy Bad Dog.

“A shoggoth is a fictional monster in the Cthulhu Mythos. The being was mentioned in passing in sonnet XX (“Night-Gaunts”) of H.P. Lovecraft’s sonnet cycle Fungi from Yuggoth, written in 1929–30, and were expounded upon in his novella At the Mountains of Madness (1931).” via Wikipedia

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Yarn bombing Japanese-Canadian writer Joy Kogawa’s cherry tree

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Read more about this amazing project: http://yarnbombing.com.

Yarn Bombing

Congratulations to Leanne Prain and Mandy Moore and everyone at the Historic Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver!!

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Go see Leanne and Mandy speak next week at New Westminster Public Library.

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Photos via Janis Brass Photography & Heather Kaiser.

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Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld” as amigurumi by PlanetJune

Amigurumi Discworld view 2

Made by PlanetJune aka June Gilbank.

June loves Terry Pratchett. Most of his books are set on Discworld, “a large disc resting on the backs of four giant elephants, all supported by the giant turtle Great A’Tuin as it swims its way through space”.

Read more about it: http://planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-discworld

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another great idea via leethal: pen tube bookmarks

pen tube bookmarks!

Made and shared by Lee Meredith aka leethal.

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The answer is 42.

Bowl of petunias and a whale

Originally uploaded by AnnaMaria42

Patterns for the whale and the bowl of flowers.

Other 42s:

  • The angle at which light reflects off of water to create a rainbow is 42 degrees.
  • A barrel holds 42 gallons.

You know more? Share!

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