One of my friends recently commissioned me to make Euglena, a single-celled protist!  This is my attempt to make it look somewhat cute, à la Giant Microbes.  Euglena comes complete with flagellum and nucleus, and is represented here in its natural habitat (i.e. my desk). 

One of the reasons we were crocheting so late into the night at ACen was because we were working on commissions from people at the con!  We managed to make a Squirtle and a whale in the span of 4 hours, pictured here. 

So, ACen was awesome!  We stood at our booth each day for about 8 hours, barely eating or taking breaks or sitting down, even.  But it was all worth it in the end, because we got a lot of really nice compliments and support, talked to cool people, and saw some awesome cosplays.  We also crocheted a whole lot.  Pretty much non-stop, into the wee hours of the night.  And we didn’t exactly plan as well as we should have, so we sold out of stock pretty quickly and had to turn people away (which was sad).  But for our very first anime convention, we’d say this was a success!  We’ll definitely have to come back next year.

It’s about 4:30am.  ACen officially opens registration in LESS THAN FOUR HOURS.  And of course, the Knot Factory is still awake and crocheting, because we’re terrible at planning.  After traversing the 2-hour trip to the convention center, we arrived at 9pm only to have ACen staff tell us that registration was closed for the night, so we might not even be able to claim our spot in time.  But after some begging and puppy-dog eyes, the staff were kind enough to check us in and let us put down all the stuff we lugged there, too.  By the way, here’s our table:

We’re table 27, so if you’re going to ACen, you should totally come visit us!  We’ll be sleep-deprived but happy to see you, we promise.

Here’s our rendition of a (non-Cthulhufied) Pikachu!  Ah, classic.

We’re planning to make Mudkips, Nyancats, Longcats, Oddishes, Yodas, Ewoks, Jawas, Pokeballs, Pikachus, ninja cats, and generic other animals.  That is, if we can finish all of them by then…D;

Yes, we are going to be at ACen! (So excited!)  We’re not planning to sell Digimon en masse, but if you want anything in particular, we’d be happy to make it for you as a commission!

So someone commissioned me to crochet an angler fish, and here’s the prototype, with a face only a mother could love. 

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Knot Factory!  Or if you’re single, happy Singles Awareness Day!  There’s no shame in being single :D

Utinni!  It’s a Jawa!