Gamer Knits and Other Goodies

Mippy on Metafilter rounds up links to a bunch of game-related knits, sewing projects and other crafts. Who wouldn't want a cute knitted Sackboy?

2008: Most Popular Posts

Here are this year's most popular posts at Gifts for the Girl Geek:

1. Physics Halloween Costumes
   
2. Smart Jewelry
3. Awesome Girl Geek: Guild's Felicia Day
   
4. "And God Said" T-Shirt
5. Redhead Genome Project Scarf
6. Chemistry Stencil Business Card
7. Chemistry Halloween Costumes
8. Erlenmeyer Flask Love Necklace
9. Laboratory Rockstar Lab Coat
10. Erlenmeyer Flask Earrings
11. "If You're Not Part of the Solution . . ." T-Shirt
12. Geek Knits: DNA Helix Scarf
13. Patron Saint of Biologists: Saint Albert
14. Unearthed Gifts for Rock Lovers
15. Custom Anatomical Jewelry

Top Categories

1. Geeky Jewelry
2. Gifts for Biologists
3. Gifts for Chemists
4. Geeky T-Shirts
5. Geeky Halloween Costumes
6. Geeky Housewares
7. Gifts for Physicists
8. Gifts for Mathematicians
9. Gifts for Astronomers
10. Geeky Bags and Purses
11. Gifts for Geologists
12. Gifts for Coders
13. Geeky Crafts
14. Gifts for Engineers
15. Geeky Art

Gift List: Bioethics

Tis' the season of gift lists, and the Women's Bioethics Blog has a list of the perfect gifts for your favorite academic bioethicist. Most of the suggestions actually look pretty good for anyone who likes bio-geekery and works at a computer. For example, the Infectable Awareables TB scarf would be a great accessory for any microbiologist, infectious disease specialist or microbe-lover.

Geek Knits: Become a Science Fiction Hero

As the last post in this week's wearable geek knits roundup, I present a few options that will help you turn into a science fiction hero while keeping cozy warm and perfect for chilly Halloween evenings! Click the links below for pattern information: 

R2D2 Beanie Hat

(yes, I think R2 was a hero)

Princess Leia Knit Wig

Dr. Who Scarf (Tom Baker era, natch)

Jayne Cobb hat- you can also buy a kit

(could there possibly be a female version of Jayne? why not?)

And last, but not least:
Vulcan ears

Also, if fantasy is more your style, you might like: 

• Pippin's scarf
• Hogwarts scarves and Harry Potter hat
• Flying Spaghetti Monster knit costume (is it fantasy? is it science fiction? or is it just fun?)

Geek Knits: Black Hole Penrose Diagram Scarf

To celebrate the beginning of autumn, all the entries this week will be geeky wearable knits.

Penrose diagrams are two-dimensional diagrams used to illustrate relationships between different points in spacetime, such as "the space-time environment of a hypothetical wormhole connecting two separate universes, which is an extension of the Schwarzschild solution of black holes." (see image at left)

Knitter Maria Korchagin took the obvious next step and created a scarf decorated with a "Penrose diagram of a spinning black hole in empty space." As shown above, the scarf has a dark background and three colors in the design with white indicating r=infinity and the two other colors representing the two event horizons. It's the both stylish and geeky, the perfect cool weather wear for your favorite physicist.

Find out how to make your own Penrose Diagram scarf.

Geek Knits: Iridium Spectrum Scarf

At ThreadBanger, megziewoodles knit a scarf based on the emission spectrum of Iridium. It's almost a secret geek knit, since it just looks like colorful stripes to those not in the know. 

She doesn't give a pattern, but you could design your own based on emission spectra of different elements.

Geek Knits: DNA Helix Scarf

To celebrate the beginning of autumn, all the posts this week will be geeky knits. 

Jane Oshiro shares her pattern for Dr. Montville's Double Helix Seaman Scarf, which has the elegant simplicity of the DNA double helix. And it would look just as great on a girl geek as a  spectacled  gentleman.

Redhead Genome Project Scarf

Do you knit? Is your girl geek a readhead? She Dances in Dragon designed and knitted a scarf based on the DNA sequence of the MCR1 gene, a variant of which is responsible for red hair in humans. Each base - A, C, G, or T - in the sequence is a different color, making a colorful grid pattern. SDiD has kindly shared the pattern:

• text part of the scarf
• DNA sequence part 1
• DNA sequence part 2

It would be a fabulous homemade gift for any geeky redhead in your life!