Showing posts with label Zoidberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zoidberg. Show all posts

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Dr. Zoidberg I presume.

Original credit for this idea goes to Craftster user ThatNanda. It's an adaptation of the cthulhu pattern from Christen Haden's Creepy Cute Crochet which turns the cthulhu into a tiny Dr. Zoidberg, (of Futurama fame.) I made this one as part of the boyfriend's birthday gift. It's simple, mostly just colour changes from the original pattern and I extended the tentacles an extra row to make them longer. The blue V-space under his chin is a triangle of felt that I glued on and I made a long white chain and tacked in place (with the trusty glue gun!) to make it look like the edge of his lab coat. I also worked a white chain all the way around his waist to make the colour change between his pants and shirt look a little cleaner.


The lighting is a little dark in this picture, but I thought I'd throw it in as a size reference. Let's just pretend there's a lost episode of Futurama where all the major characters get shrunk down and become Nibbler's playthings. In my head I'm already making plans for a tiny Bender to sit on Nibbler's other knee.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Futurama's Zoidberg, Nearly Life-Size

I stumbled across this quite by accident and couldn't help being impressed by the size and detail. That's a crocheted Zoidberg that you're looking at there and I'm guessing it must be over three feet tall. It was made be Jennifer from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. I tried to contact her via e-mail to compliment her on what must have been a pretty time consuming project. Unfortunately I didn't receive any response back. Not really surprising since it looks like she made this guy around 2004 to 2005. At least that's when conversation about it dried up on this Planet Express Employee Lounge thread. Jennifer also made her own crocheted Nibbler, long before my own, and was working on her own Bender. You can view her awesome work in the crochet section of Jenutech Designs.