Geek hobbies, part deux
Last week I talked about quilted video games, and while I still lust after an alliance throw blanket for my sofa, I might want to scale it back a bit. I might want to look towards something I can do without having my heavy sewing machine shipped across country. Hmm… perhaps some cross stitch?
I know, I know, cross stitch is usually that aisle in the craft store where you see older ladies and canvases painted with big eyed cats. Or maybe you went there when you were a girl in elementary school so you could get the emboidery floss for freindship bracelet making. (ahh, those were the days…) You know that this is the part of the post that I point out the less stereotypically grannylike aspects of this hobby.
Take a look, for instance at this blog. Sprite Stitch is an entire blog devoted to one crafter’s passion for game sprite inspired cross stitch. I love what he’s done with the Companion Cube, for example.
Fantastic, I say!
Again, the older game sprites seem to lend themselves naturally to this style of art. I am amazed at the number of images and mentions I found about game based cross stitch. There is even an article here about the steps one might take to go about creating your very own cross stitch pattern to geek out with, and a pattern generator you can use for free at Dark Lilac.
Who knows, once you do one you might want to do another and another…. till you end up crating beautiful works of Geekery like these done by this fellow over here. Just amazing. I hope I can be this good someday.
If I practice…
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