The Wool Ball Charger will allow you to have massive amounts of charging cable length, to ensure that you’ll always be able to charge your phone from the right plug. Wait, I thought that the future was going to be wireless? Seriously though, charging cables are rarely long enough, and it happens quite a lot that you just need those extra few inches, but instead you stuck with short cables. That’s what the Wool Ball Charger will try to resolve.

The Wool Ball Charger was designed by Yuchen Liu and the cord is wrapped up in a ball instead of a loop, like most cords are. I get the feeling that it would be hard to keep this shape once it’s uncoiled for the first time.

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In-between single-player sessions (thanks to the ongoing PSN outage), she took the time to create amigurumi versions of Chell (complete with Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device), and a soft and loving weighted companion cube. She originally set out to do something involving Wheatley and a turrent, but those have so far not materialized. I’d still like to see those – and maybe some blue and orange stitched portals to hang on the wall to complete the scene. And GLaDOS. Or a potato with wires sticking out of it.

If you’re dangerous enough to know your way around a roll of yarn, crocheting, and carefully bending wire, you can check out Nerdigurumi’s original post, which includes details on the patterns if you want to try and make your own.

Ray has been at it for about a year. He had experience with molding with Scupley (a sort of polymer-based clay), which is similar to needle felting without needing to carve the actual form. Lately he’s been busy creating detailed needle-felted animals, E.Ts, Yodas and other stuff.

Ray Cannon’s art will be on display at Cast Away in Santa Rosa, tonight, Thursday, May 5th from 6 to 8PM.  He will on hand to demonstrate his awesome techniques!

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Yep, what you’re looking at here is the latest in DIY geek tech – the Yarn Monster. Created by Todd Treece of Union Bridge Labs, it’s designed to do one thing, and one thing well. He gobbles up loose yarn, spinning it into a perfect ball. Yarn Monster has brains powered by a couple of Arduino pro mini controllers, and even comes with a Mini-me remote control. But it’s not the functionality and technology that makes Yarn Monster special. It’s the way he looks when devouring yarn – and the brilliant promotional video clip. Watch the video and see what I mean:

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I don’t know about you, but that giant plate of yarn spaghetti reminds me of that scene with the dogs eating pasta in Lady and the Tramp. I wonder if you got two Yarn Monsters if they’d kiss? Well if you want to find out, you need to head over to Kickstarter and contribute to the cause. A pledge of $115 (USD) or more will get you a Yarn Monster kit, and $165 or more will get you a fully-assembled one. If nothing else, cough up $30 bucks for a commemorative Yarn Monster t-shirt and show your support.

Created by WTCrafts, the NES controller rug is great for getting those cold feet warmed up in a hurry. The rug measures in at 33″ (w) x 16.5″ (h), and is made from soft yarn and has a fleece border. It sells for $49.99 (USD), and is available over at WTCrafts’ Etsy shop – where you can also find a Zelda Triforce rug to go with it.

I’m actually tempted to buy one of these, and Frankenstein it together with the wiring from an original controller it so it actually works as a giant foot-powered joypad for my 8-bit console.

While you were all sitting on your couches upgrading your plasmids, crafter Nerdigurumi (I love that name) got out the yarn and crocheted up this awesome little Big Daddy Bouncer in amigurumi form.

Amazingly enough, Mr. Bubbles is made almost entirely from yarn, except for the button portholes adorning his hulking (yet squishy) helmet.

Best of all, Nerdigurumi has been kind enough to share her crochet pattern for the masses out there who populate the intersection of the Venn diagram between crocheters and Bioshock fans.

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With these amigurumi projects, the faces are usually stylized, or at least crocheted like the rest, but perhaps with beads attached. Not so here; the Prince’s unique little features have been rendered in fabric and sewn on, for that extra touch. In the burgeoning crochet “market,” a crafter’s gotta do something to stand out. The katamari itself is just another bonus!

For gamer girls out there, crafter/Mario fanatic/Technabob follower Mindy (a.k.a. “enemyairship”) has been kind enough to share the details of her Piranha Plant pattern if you want to make your own scarf.

Now if only I could find that Fire Flower neck tie I left sitting around here somewhere…

[photos via Flickr]

So it’s good to see those iconic retro gaming mammals getting their due in amigurumi form. Handcrafted by June Gilbank, these little lemmings look just like their videogame counterparts, complete with fuzzy green hair, bulbous blue bodies, and tiny tools that get them out of (and occasionally into) trouble. June has lovingly recreated five of the games’ nine character types, including Walker, Floater, Blocker, Builder and Miner. Sorry, fans of Digger, Climber, Basher and Bomber will have to look elsewhere.

Want to make your own Lemmings? Head on over to Planet June for patterns and details on how to do it. Me? I think I’ll leave it to the sewing professionals. In the mean time, enjoy this fun DHTML version of Lemmings.

[via Craftster]

The only way this project could be any better is if it were bigger, or if there were thousands of crochet Tom Servos, or if MST3k was back on the air.

If you’re the crafty type, you can shoot for a tie in the aforementioned competition and make your own, as MageAkyla was kind enough to include not only a pattern for the body, but a breakdown of the other materials that went into the project.

[Craftster via Geek Crafts]

There are four cursor sculptures in the series. They are rendered in three dimensions and made more colorful than we’re used to. The designs on the side are fantastically pixelated and lovely to look at.

The sculptures were created by Ben Fino-Radin, and are made of plastic needlepoint canvas and yarn. He is a big fan of combining technology and yarn in interesting ways. You can see more of his work at his website.

Bringing the hand cursor into 3-D and making it pretty huge is super cool in my book. I’d love to have one of these on display in my office!

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Handcrafted by worthysoycandles, the bright orange crocheted skullcap is a perfect match to Parappa’s original, complete with the goofy green frog. The hat is the perfect accessory for those all-night Guitar Hero III and Rock Band jam sessions. After all, most of today’s music games owe at least a little nod to the square-headed rapping canine.

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But you’d better kick-punch-chop-block your way on over to Etsy if you want to cover your noggin with this cap. There’s no telling when she’ll crochet another one.

Artist Carey Huffman hand knit these little versions of the yellow dot gobbler along with his ghostly pals Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde. She’s even gone to the trouble to create this pattern guide for you to create your own.

These seem like the perfect companion for the knit iPhone and the felt Nintendo.

[via Dump Trumpet via Neatorama]

This week, some kid’s Mom was way too cool, and knit him a wool iPhone. Please to enjoy…

As far as I know, this version doesn’t require a 2-year contract with AT&T, and the screen doesn’t smudge.

[via CraftZine]