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Star Trek Meerkats?

June 1, 2009 by Terrye

il_430xn_72678364I found this on niftyknit’s etsy page.

Since I know virtually nothing about meerkats and close to less than that about Star Trek (no, I never joined the trekkie groupies) we’re just going to have to go with her description.

This new design of meerkat wears original series Star Trek sweaters. All Meerkat trekkies wear Federation emblems (not yet a communicator) proudly on their chests and have their ranking stripes on their sleeves.  You’ll have to go here to read more. Check back later to order, they seem to be all sold out! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vt_related_1&listing_id=25630260

They really are cute, even if you don’t know a tribble from a Spock (well, ok, that one I do know).

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Comments

  1. Loretta says

    June 1, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Totally adorable! My crochet/knit skills aren’t that up to par, I’m lucky if I can manage a dishrag! LOL

  2. heather says

    June 2, 2009 at 5:53 am

    Hello – thanks for the feature! I’m knitting as fast as I can to keep up with the demand, moving on to TNG and DS9 and Voyager too!
    Live long and prosper!

  3. PamB says

    July 26, 2011 at 7:58 pm

    I love love love love love!!!! Been a trekkie since the original series in the 60s, and I think meerkats are hysterically funny… never thought about putting them together, but I’m headed to your etsy shop to have a look right now!!

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It’s an easy stitch to make, with slip stitches done with the yarn held to the front of the work on the right/front side and to the back on the wrong/back side, which makes the strand of yarn a visible part of the pattern. 

It also makes a fabric that is thick and looks kind of like a woven fabric.

I recently used linen stitch to make a double-thick pot holder, which I worked in a kind of interesting way. I didn’t want to have to do any sewing on the project, so I started it from a crochet cast on and picked up stitches from the side of the cast on to make the hot pad all in one piece in the round with the edge sealed. 

This requires working on two circular needles, which is another technique I don’t use that often and am always reminded how much I like it when I do. 

The combination of double thickness and the stitch pattern makes for a hot pad that’s already pretty thick, but I also added a bit of old towel to the inside before I closed up the end to make it super thick and extra protective for your surfaces. 

I found the engineering challenge of this construction method to be a lot of fun, but you could also just knit it as a tube (casting on twice as many stitches as I did) and sew up the ends by hand when the knitting is done. Either way you’ve got a useful and pretty addition to your kitchen, whether you work it in a solid color, stripes or as a stash busting project will all your cotton odd balls. 

You can grab the pattern over at Our Daily Craft, or check it out on Ravelry. 

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