Not everything in the world is horrible. Case in point, Frances Goldin, who has been showing support for her two lesbian daughters at Pride for over 30 years!

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Pokémon GO has fostered all kinds of unique social interaction and made the real world feel just a little more magical, but finding digital Pokémon in our surroundings wasn't enough for Nichole's Nerdy Knots. The nerdy knitter has been stitching up some Pokémon and hiding them around Pokéstops in the real world for random people to find, which we can only imagine is an incredibly rewarding surprise.

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If you aren't following @BB8 on Twitter, what the hell are you even doing with your life?

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Oxford-based Hannah Simpson sells knitted dolls based on her favorite nerdy and horror movies!

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Or you can make it for someone else who might appreciate... nah. Make it for yourself.

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On Katie Bradley's blog, she says that she sort of stumbled into the rescue and rehabilitation of tortoises, but a dozen domed friends later, she's hooked. And in her spare time she uses a crochet hook to make little cozies for them, selling them (and patterns for those enterprising friends of tortoises who are lucky enough to have opposable thumbs) on Etsy with a portion of the proceeds going towards International Reptile Rescue.

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Dear Internet: if you are currently knitting a sweater for a penguin impacted by an oil spill, pause! Philip Island Penguin Foundation made a public plea for sweaters yesterday, but use your yarn cautiously; in the past, these requests have resulted in thousands of unnecessary sweaters. Internet, for once, you are being too kind.

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Redditor Boothin shared this shawl their wife made by tweaking one pattern and combining it with another. The end result was a beautiful and cozy garment that is also an accurate map of our sky as seen from the North Pole. By all means, join me in the Jealous Corner.

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Not practical, but oh-so-stylish. Carissa of Carissa Knits doesn't sell these, but she has made the knitting pattern available free of charge on her site. (Fashionably Geek)

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Any time I happen upon Big Brother, I can't fathom how it's still on television. It looks so boring. And then I heard about watching people knit competitively. And my mind was blown.

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I'm certain there is some space in the center of the Venn Diagram of people who own turtles and people who can knit crochet. I suggest the rest of you on that chart team up immediately.

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Leigh Martin is an artist and knitter who lately has found an outlet for her passions in designing and creating fifty two different species of fungi out of yarn, and then photographing them in their "natural habitat." She hopes that her work can offer viewers "a greater awareness of their natural surroundings, a sense of how complex every ecosystem is and greater vision for noticing and enjoying these details in their daily life."

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Is your face suffering from a deficit of hugs? Knit yourself up a huggy buddy. Who may or may not fill your belly with its woolen eggs. It's okay! You're growing more cuddly pals for everyone else!

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Leilaniac on Ravelry designed this blanket for her nephew to cover everything from the Muppets to the ThunderCats. That center square? It's his name in binary. You had us at dinosuars, Leilaniac. Previously in Crafts

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Argo-Vengers, directed by Daredevil. Head to TheFW for more Oscar Movie Mashups We Want to See.

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Alright I admit it, I was reaching with that title. There's not crocheting involved in this post, just knitting. And there's no tiger, just a scarf that Brilliant Knitwit crafted for their dad. Due to some creative stitching, the TARDIS is only visible when you view the scarf from the right angle. I'm not ashamed to say that if I had this I'd do nothing all day but make TARDIS noises with my mouth while making my scarf-TARDIS appear and disappear. (via Boing Boing.)

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Psychiatrist Dr. Karen Norberg knit this atomically accurate brain that is now on display at the Boston Museum of Science because she felt that knit yarn could best convey the wrinkly ripply nature of our brains. There's even a functional zipper that connects the two lobes! You can read more about how and why she made it at the The Telegraph. Previously in Awesome Crafts

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