Every now and then, I get the semi-perverse desire to express my fandoms via worn objects. As I do not yet have the guts to cosplay (or the people to cosplay with), this has in the past been limited to collecting appropriate LJ icons, those wonderful 1000-pixel pieces of art.
No more!
I have decided it is time to begin (or at least plan) my Fandom Knits. These will, of course, be secondary to Christmas presents and whatnot, but I figure it can’t hurt to start thinking.
The one requirement? Every object I knit/crochet must have the potential to be worn with the rest. This means head-to-toe fandomwear. My one exception: I will not force myself into making all the colours match. Therefore, I probably will not wear them all together. But it must be possible.
From head to toe:
For Firefly, everyone and their brother makes Jayne hats. But Jayne hats, as much as I would like one, are not conducive to really wearing, unless I decide to cosplay someday as Jayne (that would be interesting). However, jeshknits has two lovely Firefly-inspired tam patterns named “Simon” and “River”. The pun makes these a must. I’ve yet to decide between Simon and River, but they’re my two current options.
For LOST, the ravelry group has selected several patterns for knitalongs until the new season. I am quite taken with both Scaruffle and Ice Queen, but Ice Queen seems to be the winner for several reasons: it’s free (yay Knitty!), I have some frosted blue beads that would work with it divinely, and as a cowl/wimple-type it’s slightly medieval, which I can’t resist. I would still like to make Scaruffle someday, though, and I think it would look lovely on my mum.
For Pirates of the Carribean, I have yet to find something, though I know what I would like: something like this ruffled corset belt, which I intend to crochet in its own right for bellydancing. But I’d rather like to do something slightly more edgy, less structured and symmetrical, and red, inspired by Jack’s headscarf. Which means doohickies hanging off of it!
For Batman, which is not so much a fandom of mine excepting that I love the newer movies (and the new logo, such lovely parallel lines!), I think I would like to make a pair of convertible gloves, where there is a mitten-flap that covers the tipless fingers. I’d stick in that lovely logo, possibly on the palm. I’d want to go for subtlety, so even if it were on the back of the hand I might simply do it in two different fibers of the same colour…
For Discworld, I want to do socks. What sort of socks, I do not know. Perhaps I should experiment with cables (after I learn how to make them), a la the Bloody Stupid Johnson hat.
And let’s not forget accessories:
For Lord of the Rings, I’d like to make some jewelry. Perhaps now would be time to figure out a way to combine wire-crocheting with maille.
For Avatar: The Last Airbender, I’m considering adapting the Four Elements throw into a handbag. Still with the lovely pattern layout, but with far less time. Or, I could make a handbag with the Earth Kingdom symbol (note: awful representation of the design, but it’s the best I could find in a ten-minute search. For serious).
That’s it (for now) for my Fandom Knit plans. If I think of something appropriate that would fit into the wearable plan from another of my fandoms, I might add to it, but this is the current plans.
Stackable Cats update soonish.
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