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Yoshi’s Wooly World Brings Knitting, Crochet to the World of Gaming

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yoshi's wooly worldThis may just be the cutest video game ever, if you’re a knitter. Yoshi’s Wooly World is a new game for the Wii U, in which the wee dinosaur (in crocheted form) works his way through a world made of knit tubes, yarn-ball trees and crocheted towers. He collects yarn balls to use as weapons, and I don’t even care what the game is about because it’s adorable.

Developers at Good-Feel, makers of the game, say they made real items out of yarn when developing the backgrounds and other items in the game.

The attention to detail really shows, because it looks real.

The game is expected to be released in Europe in June and elsewhere later in the year. The Yoshi amibos that will come with the game (choice of pink, blue or green) are also knit, which is kind of strange since he’s crocheted in the game, but either way they’re adorable.

It almost makes me want to buy a Wii.

[Photo from trailer video, via Geek Snack.]

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  1. It’s not the first one! What about Kirby’s Epic Yarn? That game is all yarn and knitted, too, and it’s super cute!

Have you read?

A Brilliant Wrap for Minis or Yarn Leftovers

I love a good stash busting project, and that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the Brilliant Brickwork Wrap by Amy Crumpton.

It’s actually designed to use mini skeins of fingering weight yarn, but I feel like you could use scrap yarns in harmonious colors to get the same kind of effect.

The pattern was written to use 24 colors of 10 gram skeins, as well as a 100 gram/400 yard skein of yarn. But there’s a design modifications section in the pattern that talks you through using 12 colors in 20 gram increments, 10 gram scrap balls or even three full skeins of yarn if you’ve got bigger amounts of pretties you want to use.

The wrap is worked in garter stitch and it’s sort of a log cabin style, where stitches are picked up from the edges of previous sections to build the next piece. It is worked in two sections that are joined in the middle with no seaming required. The pattern includes row by row written instructions and end of row stitch counts so you can keep your place easily.

The designer rates the skill level as for adventurous beginners and beyond. You’ll need to know how to knit, slip stitches and pick up stitches from a slipped stitch edge.

I do love the look that minis give you in this project because they are designed to work well together. (Check out more patterns great for mini skeins and advent calendar yarn.) But being me I’m always thinking about ways to use your yarn stash, and I think with proper planning this would be a great project for getting rid of some of those odd balls. You could also work the wrap in a different weight of yarn for a different look depending on what yarn you have that you need to use.

As written is measures about 14 by 60 inches, or 35.5 by 152.5 cm, but you can adjust the length without too much trouble.

Check it out and grab your copy from Ravelry.

[Photo: Amy Crumpton]

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