It’s April, and Avengers: Endgame will be released this week. In the year since Avengers: Infinity War, I know I haven’t recovered. Even knowing that some people are going to return thanks to the movie press machine that keeps on running (looking at you Spider-Man: Far From Home), every trailer has been like reopening a…
Knit Your Comics: Jessica Jones-Inspired Infinity Scarf
I love the Marvel Netflix series Jessica Jones. Full disclosure: the comics themselves haven’t appealed to me, but I’m a huge fan of the show and in particular Krysten Ritter’s portrayal of Jessica Jones. Being a knitter, I immediately wanted to knit Jessica’s infinity cowl since the very first promotional image still. (And learn how…
Knit Your Comics: A Pussyhat of Steel
I’ve been a big fan of the Supergirl TV show since it started. I’ve always been a Supers > Bats person, and few people embody the spirit of the Supers the way this show is allowed to. It’s been my weekly joy for two seasons now, although less so now that James and Kara aren’t…
Knit Your Comics: Harley Quinn Fingerless Gloves
It’s that time of year when holidays are happening, and as a knitter, I love the holidays as an excuse to knit presents for my friends. This project is one that was essentially commissioned by WWAC staff, and all around badass, Wendy Browne.
Knit Your Comics: Magical Scarlet Witch Shawl
This is probably the most personal KYC I’ve ever written, and it came at a time when I was feeling stuck and very discouraged about my life. I’d recently been rejected for a full-time job I’d really wanted and was wondering if I would be consigned to juggling multiple part-time jobs forever. When I’d visited…
Knit Your Comics: Captain America Shield Shawl
This project is a long time coming. I actually bought the yarn for this project over a year ago, because, if you’ll remember, one of the very first Knit Your Comics came out in July 2015 and was Captain America themed. The doily I created was my first attempt at the shield, but my real…
Knit Your Comics: Garnet’s Gauntlets
Knit Your Comics returns with a special pattern for all my fellow crystal gems. True confession: I’d never watched Steven Universe until I started this project. I’d crowdsourced for KYC ideas and someone mentioned the show, and the project seemed doable. But I needed a show to watch while working on this project, and so I put…
Knit Your Comics: Wonder Woman Bootliners
Before we get to this month’s pattern, I have to pause and celebrate for a minute, because Knit Your Comics was featured in Bitch Planet #7! I’m incredibly grateful to Lauren Sankovitch, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and Laurenn McCubbin for contacting me about featuring the pattern as part of #Bitchcraft, and also letting me add a…
Knit Your Comics: Sexy Deadpool Banana Hammock
Some ideas are just too good not to do. I was brainstorming Deadpool-related ideas for February’s Knit Your Comics with our Editor-in-Chief. Since the column comes out just a few days after the movie’s release, and I kind of have had a crush on Ryan Reynolds since Blade: Trinity, and I have watched many a…
Knit Your Comics: Game Knit X-Files Scarf
I am a ridiculous fan of The X-Files. I watched the pilot when I was 12 years old and I never looked back, even when it was traumatizing (“Home”—oh my god). I went to an X-Files convention in Portland back in the 90s. My dad, who ran a limousine service at the time, provided the…
Knit Your Comics: BB-8 Ornament and Chart
On the 12th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me … a BB-8 ornament on a Christmas tree!
Knit Your Comics: Once a Harry Potter Knitter, Always a Harry Potter Knitter
Sometimes the fandom makes me think of a pattern, and sometimes it’s the yarn. I was walking the aisles at Jo-Ann’s when I saw this yarn: The lighting in this pic doesn’t quite convey the way that orange-y yarn has a bronzed sheen, but hopefully it’s still enough to explain why I immediately thought of…