pacman blanket

[PpCakes]

never again will i preform a granny square blanket, although my boyfriend was excited for it ... i was a little over zealous and finished it like right before christmas.





bonus shot of us enjoying it


was inspired by the raccoon mario rug that's on here i don't have the link though.


http://ckscribbles.blogspot.com/2010/07/pacman.html
I blogged about it a little bit, you can check it out there!

[Lo{ve}]

this is amazing!!!! i love it, and now i want one! 

*this rocks*

[PpCakes]

this is amazing!!!! i love it, and now i want one! 

*this rocks*

it was actually very east to make, just way time consuming. worked on it for almost 3 months.

[chutzpaw]

Love it!  Great job!

[stringofpearls]

How cozy!

[lady_cyanide]

this is super cuuute! i totally got inspired by the mario rug too...just can't decide what i'm gonna make yet. this was a great idea!

[Handmadekitty]

So romantic and  cute !! 

[Belladune]

most definitly rocks!  great job!  It's nice that its big enough for the two of you!

[kirsa]

It looks great.

Out of curiosity, how did you join your squares?

[Stars_Fire_17]

How adorable!  And I'm not surprised it took forever.  they start off fun to make but get annoying when you remember that you have to sew them all together.

[JenGoPop]

Oh.  My.  God.  That is awesome! 

[shelina]

This is so awesome!!!

[angeleah]

That is amazing!! I am in awe of your talent.  I'm just learning to crochet and I've made...ummm....I guess it could be a very small dish towel.  Yeah.  You Rock!!

[spikefan]

Awesome!

[kksimone]

This is so cute!

[christinad]

Love it!  We just found a pacman ps1 game that works on my hubbies ps3 my four year old loves it!

[cutek94]

aaaah this is really cool
it shows how you can take something as simple as granny squares and turn it into this 

[v3nu5]

This is one of the coolest modern/retro gaming afghans i've seen. Awesome job. I hit "This Rocks", you deserve it!

[devilduck]

This is amazing!! Great job on the quilt what a cool gift.

[madamq]

aww!
that is way sweet of you!

and you and yr boyfriend are completely adorable!

i showed this to my boyfriend (because it's awesome and we are huge gamers) but I was like... "I'm not making one!" lol

I crochet a lot.. A LOT!!!
I'm working on 2 separate blankets right now.. I don't need another one 

[Retro_Rose]

That is so so so so soooooooooooooooo amazing!!! love this!

[HisTechnoAngel]

loving it!!! I'm in progress on my own raccoon mario blanket I have a total of like.... 11 black squares done LOL.... I *totally* have crocheting ADD lol. I am hoping to have it done by July for my husband's bday! Anyway- VERY awesome blanket!

[PpCakes]

It looks great.

Out of curiosity, how did you join your squares?

i sewed them all together with the matching yarn color, that was the hard part. i would realize i sewed a line of squares together wrong & then have to take the WHOLE thing out, towards the end i just wanted it to be over, the up of this is that if it ever breaks, i can just get out my needle and sew it all back together!!!


everyone else, thank you for you kind words

[witchybelle4u2]

OMG. That is absolutely amazing. Love it!

[ohiodiygirl]

aww but its adorable and he looks so happy! You did a great job!!

[jorjasjungle]

I hit this rocks! This is SO awesome!

[magadoo]

This is pretty amazing and I plan on crocheting an 8-bit Bowser granny square blanket thanks to the Mario raccoon rug!

[saucyimp]

Wow wow wow wow! That's so awesome!

Actually, I'm in the process of trying to make a blanket myself that's 8-bit. I want to do granny squares and I'm planning on graphing it out but I dunno how take it from the graph to the blanket itself. (I just put a post in the help section but so far no responses ) Did you use a graph for this?

[PpCakes]

Wow wow wow wow! That's so awesome!

Actually, I'm in the process of trying to make a blanket myself that's 8-bit. I want to do granny squares and I'm planning on graphing it out but I dunno how take it from the graph to the blanket itself. (I just put a post in the help section but so far no responses ) Did you use a graph for this?

my brother made me this graph & im not sure if this is the technical way to do it but then i counted up all the black, yellow, & red squares and kept count of how man i was making. (i also imposed a heart on there, i didnt know how to so i just make it up as i went. when i was sewing it together i sewed them blocks of 4 at a time, i would not sugguest doing this, i had to take so many blocks apart because i didn't know which 4 block went where, or i had sewn it together wrong. I suggest doing it in like blocks of 10 across and 10 down or in rows. don't forget to post the picture when your done!

[geekinburgundy]

i'm so jealous of this! I've been wanting to do something with a 8 bit design but haven't thought of anything yet. THis blanket is remarkable!

[PpCakes]

i'm so jealous of this! I've been wanting to do something with a 8 bit design but haven't thought of anything yet. THis blanket is remarkable!

make something you are sure you can not live without , my boyfriend can't live without pacman. If we find a machine i can bet the next hour & 5.00$ in quarters will be missing. hahaha

[Lornee]

That's really cute.
Such a good idea (:

[spazgirl1981]

I love this so much. Makes me really wish I could crochet.

[PpCakes]

I love this so much. Makes me really wish I could crochet.

Its really easy and i find that everything works up much faster then knitting, you should try it!

[Fynns_Mom]

That is fantastic!  And he looks so excited to have it!  And I totally believe that you wouldn't want to see a granny square ever again, I bet that took forever to sew together.

[Sonyazombiee]

That's so awesome!
I really need to get learning how to crochet.
I'm always so jealous when I see such great stuff like this.

Excellent job!
So cute.

[vampedangel14]

This is awesome! I have not seen the Mario one but I did see a Tetris one. I want to try a mini one myself

[glambastard]

this is so awesome, it must have taken forever!
*this rocks*

[PpCakes]

thank you everyone for such kind words! christmas is coming up and i have no idea how i will ever top this!

[NotKnit]

Super cute and your boyfriend clearly loved it!

[NotKnit]

Maybe this year you could make pillows to match for when you snuggle on the sofa - like a couple hearts, pacman, mrs. pacman, a ghost or two.

[LibraryBatgirl]

Perfect and aren't you two just cute beyond words!

[kyut530]

It looks great.

Out of curiosity, how did you join your squares?

i sewed them all together with the matching yarn color, that was the hard part. i would realize i sewed a line of squares together wrong & then have to take the WHOLE thing out, towards the end i just wanted it to be over, the up of this is that if it ever breaks, i can just get out my needle and sew it all back together!!!

I had the same problem with my pikachu quilt! But instead of sewing it, I crocheted mine---looks like sewing it gives it a little more length, right?

[PpCakes]

I thought sewing it might be faster, which i still think it was but i don't think it gave it any extra length. Maybe a little more stretch, which probably isn't a good thing!but other than that i think the length would be just about the same!