Crafty Tats

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On a recent trip to San Francisco, some friends and I impulsively went out and got tattooed--and naturally, a couple of us chose crafty themes (you can see them here). This got me wondering about other crafters who have decided to make their love of needle and thread a permanent, ink-on-flesh kinda thing. Turns out there are a lot of them! Pictured above is a sweet yarn pinup from Flickr user KitchenAidCrusader. Below we have Heidi Kenney (My Paper Crane) and her retro "Homemaker" tattoo (photo by Faythe Levine), and HeatherJeany's nicely-inked embroidery scissors. Got a crafty tattoo of your own? Leave a comment, we'd love to see 'em.

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Related:
• KitchenAidCrusader on Flickr - Link.
• MyPaperCrane on Flickr - Link.
• HeatherJeany on Flickr - Link.
• "Tattoo Your Towels" transfers by Sublime Stitching - Link.


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Posted by: carrieoke13 on September 17, 2007 at 8:47 PM

I have a knitting tattoo!

Here's a picture.

And a close-up.


Posted by: FeltClub on September 9, 2007 at 6:27 PM

That is so awesome Cassinator!

Everyone's tattoos are so inspiring and cool...thanks for posting!!


Posted by: cassinator on September 9, 2007 at 5:34 PM

This post inspired me to get [this] last night!


Posted by: JBirren on September 5, 2007 at 1:48 PM

I should be in the kitchen!

I love this one... this was done by one of the girls at LA Ink, my very favorite show.


Posted by: flyingfish on September 5, 2007 at 8:18 AM

Jenny it's almost creepy. I was making a flyer to collect images of crafty tattoos to maybe be a part of Handmade Nation credits (thought it would be cool to show how devoted our generation is to craft) and what do I stumble upon posted just yesterday but this thread!!

So HERE is my crafty tattoo that I got 10 years ago (10 years what the heck?!).

I'll post a link to the flyer when it's done!


Posted by: knitstuff on September 5, 2007 at 6:19 AM

mine's more culinary than crafty, but as cooking is an art & craft...
http://knitstuff.typepad.com/photos/my_tats/hpim0224.html


Posted by: danilion on September 5, 2007 at 6:04 AM

here's mine -- it says SAY IT AIN'T SEW

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Posted by: erilii on September 5, 2007 at 1:35 AM

well, this is then - http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v12/erilii/?action=view¤t=Photo122.jpg


Posted by: erilii on September 5, 2007 at 1:32 AM

I do! This is mine.


Posted by: SpookyDaddy on September 4, 2007 at 3:18 PM

Here's mine


Posted by: E_to_the_M on September 4, 2007 at 2:57 PM

There are a lot of knitting tats out there too, some can be found here and there's a tat group on Ravelry.


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