Giant Crocheted Monopoly Board: Advance to Go, Collect 200 Naps

Monopoly is one of the biggest board games in history – at least in terms of sales. Now it’s one of the biggest board games, literally. Check out this giant crocheted Monopoly board that Twitterer pilotviruet’s mother made for her for Christmas. That is one huge Monopoly board. You could use it as a blanket and people could still play on top of it while you sleep, probably hitting you in the face with the dice every turn.

Another bonus is that if you don’t like the way the game is going, instead of flipping the board, you can just pull it out from under the game pieces like a magician. It’s pretty cool, but I’m disappointed she didn’t crochet all of the game pieces and cards. I mean, you can’t just buy the game accessories for a board that size at the store. Thanks, mom, great board. We’ll just use the TV remote and a coffee mug for playing pieces, and take a marker to these greeting cards to recreate the Community Chest and Chance cards. I’ll go get the fuzzy dice from the car.

There’s nothing better than a game that can also be a blanket. You get to play your game then go take a nap under it. I hope they found some cool game pieces though. This is probably the only Monopoly board you can put in the washer.

[via Boing Boing via Geekologie]

Crocheted Infinity Gauntlet Rules the Crafting Universe

Avengers: Infinity War is hitting theaters on April 27th here in the States, so we don’t have long to wait now. To celebrate the release of this major geek milestone, UK crochet designer Liz Ward created a crocheted Infinity Gauntlet.


This allows her to rule the crafting universe with an iron soft fist. The pattern for her universe ruling gauntlet is available to purchase from her Etsy shop if you want your own turn ruling the cosmos. Make two of these bad boys and you have yourself a great pair of winter gloves.

Of course, the problem is that now that this design is available, everyone is going to have amazing God-like powers. You know what that means. You all are going to have to battle each other like a bunch of Greek Gods for supremacy. Then us puny humans are going to pay the price just by being in the way. Thanks, Liz Ward. We really needed to have our homes destroyed by a bunch of titans fighting while wearing crocheted gloves. Thanks a lot.

If you have a bunker you’d better get in it right now, because once the movie comes out anyone wearing these gauntlets is going to get mighty riled up.

[via Neatorama]

These Back to the Future Air Mag Booties Won’t Lace Themselves

Do you have a toddler in your house? Are you a Back to the Future fan? Then you’ve gotta get your kid a pair of these amusing baby booties made to look like Marty McFly’s famed Nike Air Mag shoes.

These handmade Air Mag booties are available from FifthAvenue5, and crocheted from organic yarn. They don’t offer the self-lacing feature of the ones seen in Back to the Future II, but they still look awesome, and they look easy enough for you to put on your kid’s feet.

While they’re probably best as baby booties, they can be made in sizes from US 0.5 baby up to size 7 youth, so if you’ve got small enough feet, you can grab a pair for yourself too. Prices range from $25.90 up to $53 (USD), depending on size, and they’re available from FifthAvenue5’s Etsy shop.