February 28, 2010

Mario Sweater Vest Photo Contest

Hurry up and knit your own Super Mario Sweater vest to win a prize!

Get your supplies ready and your knitting needles warmed up because we’re having a photo contest in conjunction with UK-based GameCity. Over 6000 people have More

January 16, 2010

Mario Sweater Vest Pattern

Block out the next two months of your calendar: the Mario Sweater Vest pattern is ready!

The instructions come in one size, at a finished waist circumference of 40 inches. That should comfortably fit anyone with a waist size of 36–38 More

January 11, 2010

Knit Super Mushrooms

The Mario Sweater Vest pattern is coming soon, I promise! In the meantime, you can satisfy your nerdy/crafty urges with this adorable (and free!) Super Mushrooms knitting pattern, designed by the talented Emily B. Miller. It looks More

January 7, 2010

The Mario Pattern is on the Way

Thanks for all the comments!

Over 100 comments were posted in response to the original post in just five days, so I’m keeping my end of the deal by making a pattern. I’ll try to post it within a week More

January 2, 2010

The Nerdiest Sweater Vest in the World

Knitting stitches are basically pixels, right? I took that idea to the extreme, and converted a screenshot of Level 1-1 from the original NES Mario Bros. game into a ginormous knitting chart made up of over 10 sheets of tabloid More