Geek-along Blanket
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Geek-along Blanket

Project info
2017 GAL: Squirrel Girl (knit) by Jacquline Rivera
Knitting
Afghan block
Moi :)
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
118 yards
Stylecraft Batik Double Knitting
1512 yards in stash
0.38 skeins = 57.3 yards (52.4 meters), 19 grams
Wool Warehouse
Stylecraft Special Double Knit
0.19 skeins = 61.2 yards (55.9 meters), 19 grams
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Notes

I reeeeeally need to knook this blanket!!

This year it’s about Marvel & DC Superheroes but I might swap some of my squares for my own Heroes like DrWho and Sherlock Holmes :)

The Geek-Along Den

Crochet cast-on
This lined both colours in the right order. I held both yarns together and followed the video.

Long tail cast-on

No twist edging for a less bulky sides.

Bind-off with one yarn or a 3-ways bind-off

Alternate squares. Only 2014 and 2016 squares have the same 45 cast-on stitches.

All the squares

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Week 1: Squirrel Girl
Jan 26th- Feb 2nd
Stylecraft Special 1127 Peony

I absolutely love this pattern but several times I forgot to count and had to rip back rows after rows…!!
29th: Great! Now my beloved wooden khook is broken :(
… But Shawn Hefner from Leisure Arts is sending me another hook, free of charge! My Hero :)

Posted in Quidditch World Cup

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Week 2: Supergirl
Feb 5th- 9th
Stylecraft Batik 1904 Cherry

I want to ExtremeDK the ‘S’. Unfortunately my lack of practice for EDK has frozen my memory on how to!?!?
…Defrosted in time and looking great!

Posted in Weekly Challenge
I love this Storyline about Ilvermorny Castle.
So my square is dedicated to its founders, the ‘S’ for Isolt Sayre Horned Serpent and the red for James Stewards love for cranberry pie.
Actually Isolt was a Supergirl to survive and escape her evil aunt. Travel into the unknown and hide then found love and build a Wizarding School! Hi5 Girl!!!
I won the weekly spirit award!

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Week 3: Groot
February 9th- 13th
Stylecraft Special 1202 Atlantis

EDK musical notes only, did it by eyes instead of graph!
Strange yarn, it looks blue in daylight but green at night!

Posted Groot and Gambit in Weekly Challenge.

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Week 4: Green Arrow Unofficial.
March 4th- 16th
Special 1202 Atlantis

Sexy is Stephen Amell

I’m not knooking the chart provided! Instead I asked Whistler42 if she can design a chart more in keeping with the Green Arrow I know… she did not disappoint :)

Posted in Weekly Challenge
Timeturner to Flyingcarpet

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Week 5: Gambit
February 13th - 16th
Batik 1914 Indigo & 1905 Raspberry

I’ve added a dash of raspberry’s colour to the heart.

Taylor Kitsch is great as the card-dealer in X-Men.
Checkout this extreme pattern.

Posted in Weekly Challenge with Groot above.

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Week 6: Shazam
February 17th- 26th
Special 1010 Matador

EDK letters S, Z & M
Row1 = écru yarn & Row2 = red yarn
This is what I did for those three letters only, the rest I DK as normal.

Left side, even numbers
Whitedot square = red on top & écru below
Blackdot square = red on top & red below
White sq= écru on top & écru below
Black Sq = écru on top & red below

Right side, odd numbers
WDot = écru, red
BDot = red, red
White= écru, écru
Black = red, écru

Posted in Quidditch World Cup

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Week 7: Dr Strange
February 26th- March 4th
Jarol DK Baby Randoms 319

The eyes of Agamotto.

Sherlock Holmes here I come…. Benedict Cumberbatch is simply the best in both roles!

Posted in Weekly Challenge

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Week 8: Van Gogh’s DrWho Alternative.
March 22nd- April 6th
Batik 1903, Special 1034 & 1124

No Cyborg for me! I don’t know anything about this Superhero.
The 10th DrWho, David Tennant is my Superhero here.

Posted in Weekly Challenge, The Daily Prophet.

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Week 9: Black Widow
March 16th- April 3rd
Special 1127 poeny
Rest@March22nd… this square was far too easy!

Check out the latest Scarlett Johansson superhero film, Ghost in the Shell

Posted in Weekly Challenge, The Quibbler.

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Week 10: Zatanna
March 29th- April 1st
Batik 1914 Indigo

I don’t know anything about this Superhero but I like her chart a lot :) Zatanna Zatara’s Portrait is Amazing!

Posted in TriWizard Tournament, Y4 R2

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Week 11: Captain America
April 6th- 10th
Special 1246 Lipstick, Batik 1914 Indigo

Posted in Astronomy

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Week 13: Hawkeye
April 16th- 27th
Special 1129 Viola

This purple colour remind me a lot of election days in my native island :)

Posted in Weekly Challenge - The Elves, Hogwarts silent Heroes.

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Week 14: Sherlock Holmes Alternative.
May 4th- 9th
Batik 1915 Graphite

Instead of Red Tornado I’ll be knooking Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock.

I’ve ExtremeDK “221B”

Posted in Weekly Challenge

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Week 16: Martian Manhunter
April 27th- May 4th
Special 1202 Atlantis & 1246 Lipstick

J’onn J’onzz the last Son of Mars played by David Harewood in Supergirl TV series.

The Zodiacs - Scorpio
I always wonder why Scorpio is represented by the letter M? Well I just find out because planet Mars is the ancient ruler of my zodiac sign and Pluto is my modern day ruler! No wonder I have seismic mood swings, being pulled by two planets!

Posted in Weekly Challenge

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Week 21: Wolverine
May 28th- June 4th
Batik 1914

Oh my goodness! I nearly frog almost all my hard work thinking I was wrong but then realised​ in time that the chart I was looking at was for crochet!
This wasn’t the first time, I wish I could separate them…

Posted in Weekly Challenge
White River Monster spine
Wandmaker Thiano Quintana

This is a collection of spines which are used in Quintana’s wands.

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2018
I am now knitting rather than knooking :)
Chiaogoo circular knitting needle.
Useful link

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Princess Bride
February 17th - March 11th

Wow! The girls outdone themselves with this chart :)
This square needed its own page.

Posted in Charm

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Deathly Hallows
October 19th - 21st 2020
1127 Peony

Absolutely love knitting this square.

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Week 20: Hawkgirl

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Week 23: Deadpool

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Week 25: Jessica Jones

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Week 33: Daredevil

Need to do

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Pokémons

https://www.ravelry.com/projects/bookwyrm/gal-pokemon-sta...

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Week 31: Ant-Man

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Wonder Woman

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Week 35: Panther

I need this one!

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Week 48: Nightwing
Batman!

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Periodic table

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Week 36: Aquaman

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Week 39: Peggy Carter

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Week 47: Thor

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Warehouse 13

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Eureka

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Ghostbusters
Green, beige, red circle

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Indiana Jones

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Fantastic Beast

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Dodo

Iron Fist

Luke Cage

The Punisher

Lucifer (What do you truly desire?)

Sleepy Hollow

Grimm

Ultraviolet (biohazard symbol in purple)

Charmed

Hogwarts (The Deadly Hallows)

River Song Hello Sweetie

Lord of the ring Friend

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Week 12: The Flash
Charted The Kid’s Flash

Too many stitches in the 2015 Flash :(
I’ll rearrange the kids so the emblem look like Barry Allan one.

This Flash is good!

This lady’s Flash is wonderful

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Hogwarts 9 3\4

Pokemon ball

Gotta have a Dragon

Shield

Federation emblem

Dodo

Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy

This is nice

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/2016-gal-kingdom...

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Arrow Universe Fight Club

Marvelous!

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