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Star Trek Meerkats?

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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).

Comments

  2. 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. 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!!

Have you read?

Tiny Knits in Team Colors

For years now Berroco has been releasing a tiny set of Christmas ornament knitting patterns, often modeled on human-sized clothes, called Minutia. The ones for this year haven’t come out yet, but somehow I missed last year’s so I wanted to share them, as well as a fun little twist they offered. 

The general 2025 Minutia patterns include a circular yoke sweater, a two-color stocking and a ribbed earflap hat. They’re super cute and perfect for using little (or should I say minute?) amounts of yarn left over from other projects. Make them in Christmas colors or whatever you have on hand. Even if you don’t have exactly the same yarn weight, you can still make these cute additions to your holiday decor. 

But what really caught my eye while I was on the Berocco site was the Team Colors Minutia, which are actually different patterns so I’m not even sure when they were released, but they are definitely worth talking about. 

These patterns include a little raglan sweater with stripes and a stocking cap with contrasting pom pom. 

They call for sport weight yarn, but again you could use sock or DK if that’s what you have in the right colors. And here the right colors are important because you’re stitching your team colors. 

Or anyone else’s team colors.

I immediately thought that this would be an amazing holiday gift for someone who you never know what to get but who also happens to like sports. Or has gone to a university that has colors. 

Another option would be to leave off the stripes and add a number in duplicate stitch if you or the person you’re knitting for has a favorite player. Or stitch a letter or a tiny version of the team logo on the front. There are lots of options!

If you make these, I’d love to hear what you did with them!

[Photo: Berroco]