Create your own custom fabric with my quick and easy fabric printing tutorial. I love my bright, bold snail fabric, and I can’t wait to see your custom designs. Just follow the steps, and you’ll be well on your way to patterned fabric bliss — via The Zen of Making
The octopus with a moustache just got even fancier! After many requests, the moustache octopus now comes with an adorable little top hat and you can choose the colours — via Etsy
This is what we’ve all been dreaming of folks! The tiniest glass octopus i could manage! Smaller than a penny they are the perfect size for earrings — via Etsy
Beginner or seasoned pro, all knitters drop a stitch from time to time. Luckily, in Fix-It Friday, Stefanie from Craftsy shows you how to fix dropped stitches without having to frog away hours of hard work — via MAKE
This is a limited edition plush, featuring an adorable apple print on the belly and underside of the tentacles.
This big, huggable plushie is sure to be your new best friend! My octopuses (or octopi) love to play and pose. This guy measures about 12 inches from toe tip to stem tip, and his arm span is about 15 inches — via Etsy
Jose’s wife made him these Tiger shaped crochet Panzer Tank Slippers… and since he posted it in his Facebook profile and Missing-Lynx peeps have gone totally crazy about it. Which is awesome! Well, his wife finally created a pattern for the Panzer Tank Slippers that is available in her Etsy account as of now — via Blitz72.com
Update: Miligurumi’s Etsy store has since closed, but searching Etsy for Panzer Tank Slippers shows that several people are selling the finished product
Brand new to the OctopusMe family! Beautify your naked wrists with these delectable tentacle bangles. Lovingly hand cast from real octopus tentacles, the detailing and clarity of each sucker is striking — via Etsy
This necklace has been crafted out of several antique sterling silver-plated forks. The result is a delightful recycled piece of Eco-chic wearable art. A true fashion statement, I call it The Flying Squid. This is some stunning neckwear and one of my favourite pieces, hopefully it will make a great addition to your collection — via Etsy
“Why you so cold?” – Wet Nuns from tonibuckby on Vimeo.
Ruthanne Wilson‘s life-sized Pokémon are, at a distance, almost indistinguishable from the real creatures. This Turtwig is about 54 cm tall — via Neatorama
Now taking orders for pony squids!
Surprise it’s the mane six as squids! Before you ask Why?
, the answer: Because
— via deviantART
Stitching with string gives way to knitting with sticks, which in turn yields finger and arm knitting, an engaged way to wrap and twist your way right into the design and build process.
Andrea Brena took some time off from school to get his hands dirty (or at least brightly-colored), dabbling in the old art of arm knitting using trashed textile scraps from chairs, couches, carpets and pillows.
The result are a neat series of rugs, seats and more, all created with a physical process in which the body is involved on a high level, almost like a dance or hand-carved sculpture — via Dornob
Michelle Coffee made this plush that will hopefully inspire the creation of a children’s version of A Nightmare on Elm Street — via Neatorama
Throughout this easy to follow step by step tutorial I will show you how to make a single color Cobra style survival bracelet — via Instructables
This stunning carpet is one of several works by Azerbaijanian artist Faig Ahmed, whose work, explores [the] composition of a traditional Azerbaijanian carpet by disjointing its structure and placing its canonic elements into open space
— via MAKE
What better time to show off this Cthulhu wedding cake than on author HP Lovecraft’s birthday! It was made by Kerry’s Custom Cakes of South Park, Pennsylvania, for redditor lakshmispet‘s wedding. See more photos of it in the baker’s Facebook gallery — via Neatorama
Artist Fraser Smith has produced several unbelievable sculptures of quilts by carving them from wood and painting them with silk dyes — via MAKE
Weird and cool at the same time. This sculpture has tons of “movement” and looks real enough to scare your grandma — via Etsy
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