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UPDATE 1/27/23: I will be making the Drama Llama hat pattern available! If you're interested in this, you should probably follow me on Facebook , which is where I do my regular updates! The pattern will be put on my Ko-Fi page, so you should follow me there too! I formatted this post terribly. We don't talk about it and I'm going to leave it because lol  In the midst of working on a number of personal projects for Dragon*Con and the Katniss cosplay commission, I've managed to church out two new knit hats as well as two new crochet ones. The first knit hat is an argyle hat using the same pattern as my Hogwarts argyle hats and the other is a new DRAMA LLAMA design. There are now THREE awesome DRAMA LLAMA designs - the All Drama DRAMA LLAMA (only exclamation points), the Chevron DRAMA LLAMA (with the chevron stripe obviously) and the new Argyle DRAMA LLAMA. The argyle is really basic and actually resembles a traditional fair isle pattern (rather than just referring to al...

UPDATE 1/27/23: I don't have much new to say about this except that I had no idea what I was doing, but holy shit, I did do it. I mostly did it with trash from my literal trash, and I did a darn good job. This makes me want to get back into cosplay. I just don't have time at the moment because here I am trying to re-establish my internet presence after abandoning my hopes and dreams for three years. While I'm here though, let me leave you with some IMPORTANT links: Etsy Ravelry Ko-Fi   I'll make a more detailed post once I finish this thing. Much has gone wrong (largely due to user error and my strange inability to read numbers on a ruler). This is just a look at what's happening so far. In the dark it doesn't actually look as green as it does in the picture - it's totally aqua, dammit. I swear. I need to run the EL wire down the edge of the blade and finish up the hilt, which will be covered in felt and painted appropriately in Borderland's style lik...

UPDATE 1/27/23: The more I look over all of these posts I did about this thing, the more I become painfully aware of how little I charged for my work back then. Reverse-engineering this was NOT A JOKE. It took forever. There was so much trial and error. I just...wow. COMPLETED Katniss-Cowl Thing Pattern  Phase 2 of this project involved attaching a whole lot of smaller pieces together! I used mostly very simple ribbing and a bit of cabling. I hopefully took pictures where you can see each part and how I attached them. Maybe. Probably not. I'm pretty incompetent. For the cabled section on the front, right-side chest area: CO 20 k20 (but what I actually did was p1, k4, p1, k4, p1, k4, p1, k4 - this was silly of me because I ended up stitching it in such a way that it didn't matter, so just knit across all of it instead) p20 *k1, k4f, k1, k4b, k1, k4f, k1, k4b p20 R r epeat from * until approximately 5” then stitch it accordingly, leaving space for the right arm-hole, s...

UPDATE 1/26/23: Looking at this, I'm really happy with it. My skills have improved a bit since and I'd make a much nicer one today if I remade it, but it wasn't a bad job at all! I had no idea what I was doing! On a semi-related note, I have a crochet Star Whale pattern available as well as crochet Dalek beanies , if you have stumbled on this post. You can see what physical items I have available in my Etsy shop ! I wrapped my cybershade mask up earlier this week. I'd almost like to make a full suit, but let's be real - that shit would take forever. Here's a look at the last few steps as well as the finished mask. If you've been paying attention you know that I made this largely out of cardboard. I used model magic in the joints as well as for the pipes that extend from the head. I made the rivets out of air-dry clay. It was all held together by a lot of layers of polyurethane resin. Finally, I painted the thing with some metallic gold paint. After th...

UPDATE 1/27/23: Completed Katniss Cowl-Thing Pattern I bet you're looking for the above pattern. Have at it!  When I finish this completely I'll share the entire pattern all in one post - don't worry. You won't have to click through a million pages for the different parts of this cowl-thing. For now though: click here and here to see the previous work (the links will open in new windows). I'm shooting for getting the armhole on the right side finished today/tomorrow. All I've added as of right now were two long strips of very simple ribbing. I scrapped the arrow cable stitch idea. It just didn't look right. The first strip mostly went to forming part of the back as well as the right shoulder. It stops at the top of the right shoulder and forms a seam there with the second strip. I used the same super bulky yarn and size 11 needles then stitched the pieces on with a tapestry needle and worsted weight yarn. When I said simple, I meant it. Strip 1 CO...

UPDATE 1/27/23: If you're here I suspect you might be looking for the finished pattern for this thing, which is right here ! It's a super gloomy day here and I don't have any real work to do so I'm hoping to put a good dent in this way cool commission project - The Thing Katniss Is Wearing At The Beginning Of Catching Fire. Click here to read about Phase 1.0 - The Neck Part . I worked on the right shoulder over the weekend and it's looking snazzy. The back is also really coming together already. I think I'm going to continue to work on the right arm section and the armhole today (hopefully with another update tomorrow). I am taking some liberties because I don't want it to be as thick as the original, but I do want it to still have that chunky look. Supplies/Materials big needle AKA tapestry needle size 11 knitting needles the same super bulky yarn from Phase 1.0 some worsted weight yarn of an appropriate color The worsted weight yarn was used ...

UPDATE 1/27/23: I had no idea what I was doing for that sword, but I did a damn good job making it out of 90% literal garbage. From my trash.  Oh man, I forgot about the original Beam Guardian scarf with the rose design in the middle. Geez. I also massively undercharged for all of the Beam Guardian scarves . I think they were like $40 for 40 hours of work ffs.  To see my sensibly priced inventory, head to my Etsy shop ! Zer0's Sword Finally got started on my sword for Dragon*Con and it's going quite dandy. I'm nearly done with the hilt. I made it so that there are two halves. The top half will be secured using velcro so I can access the battery pack for my EL wire. Check out my progress pics. It's made of cardboard coated on polyurethane resin. Beam Guardian Scarf I haven't worked on this as much as I meant to. Confession - knitting scarves is a bummer. I'm nearly done with the center though! It's hanging out at about 35" I think. I measured...

UPDATE 1/27/23: oh my god this thing...I horrendously undercharged for it. Talk about low-balling...jk jk I do NOT want to talk about it at all. Lord have mercy! Pricing is hard!   I did a pretty detailed pattern/tutorial for it.   Katniss Cowl-Thing Pattern    Anyway, see what I've got available to buy from my Etsy shop ! If you ended up on this page, you're probably looking for that pattern though, right?   I got started on this mighty beast (the badass one-shoulder Katniss cowl-thing) yesterday and finished up the neck today. I worked the neck part based on this pattern.  I'm really excited to start work on the shoulders tomorrow and I'm going to go in a completely different direction in a valiant attempt to even more closely mimic the weaving. This was (I hope) the most challenging part. By challenging I mean tedious. It was fun at first and then a few hours in I wanted to off myself. Supplies So Far 5/16" polypropylene utility line (it is mor...

UPDATE 1/27/23: Ok, listen. I'm going to make the Drama Llama hat pattern available. I have another llama pattern, but for whatever reason...my original pattern was more popular? Who knows? I don't know. I have no idea what people want. Different llama pattern for FREE . Anyone want that basic argyle pattern? It would be relatively effortless for me to chart it. I'll put it on THE LIST. Neither of the hats in this post are available anymore. Obviously. It's been years. For my current inventory, head to my Etsy shop ! I have patterns there, but I'm not going to lie to you, get my patterns from Ravelry instead (they're cheaper there because Ravelry's fees are not an apeshit load of trash - I have to charge more on Etsy to offset the fucking fees). I also now have a pretty rockin' Ko-Fi page , which I'll be growing in the coming months! DRAMA LLAMA Chevron - Purple Fizz on Black $20 USD + shipping I gotta confess, pals - this is my favorite llama h...

UPDATE 1/27/23: I have two other versions of this chart that I did not share with the Greater Internet at Large. They're the same...but...sideways...you could take the original chart and rotate it but I have done it for you. lol I used them for a custom scarf semi-recently, and I will now give them to you! For the latest updates, give me a follow on Facebook ! Other pertinent links are in the original post, I think. More or less. It's FREE CROCHET AND KNITTING COLORWORK CHART FRIDAY! This week the Rhino has another chart for her fellow Dark Tower fans - "Unfound" from everyone's favorite magical door. Click for full size since it's kinda long! Get the Eye of the Crimson King chart here and the Mark of the Eld/Sigil of the White chart here ! (I have to confess that this one looks much nicer than the other two, but I promise they all function for tapestry crochet as well as colorwork knitting!) I made some very slight changes to this chart from the one I...

UPDATE 1/27/23: I still have my Zer0 suit! Of course! WHY WOULDN'T I. I did scrap the Cyberking helmet though. I've played with the idea of making it from foam clay, but I don't have the time at the moment. For the latest updates on my 7645 projects, follow me on Facebook ! Take a look at my current FOR SALE inventory on Etsy . I guess I should have posted this yesterday on WIP WEDNESDAY. But I didn't. Zer0 Suit I've painted up to the knee of the left leg! I'm using Jones Tones Stretchable Paint diluted to various levels. It's working fan-fucking-tastic. No joke. It is performing wonderfully on the spandex parts of the suit and it's also working just fine on the felt and the fosshape . Fosshape is also amazing. I stitched the armor pieces on and then hardened and formed them. My one fosshape pointer? It shrinks when you harden it. I'm sure it says that somewhere. I'm hoping to continue up the left leg this weekend AND start the sword. I...