Terry Pratchett's Discworld in crochet - complete with the Great A'tuin


	Terry Pratchett's Discworld in crochet - complete with the Great A'tuin
Lexica
3-16-2009 6:12 PM
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3-16-2009 7:02 PM
cakebelly
3-17-2009 10:47 AM
tanyamm
Cute.
3-24-2009 5:24 PM
rainsong111
niiice!!!the person definately dived into Discworld books!!!
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-discworld/">most of Terry’s books are set on the <A href="http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld/">Discworld</A>: a flat world carried through space on the backs of four elephants who themselves stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, Great A’tuin… (<A href="http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rls=GGLJ%2CGGLJ:2006-34%2CGGLJ:en&q=discworld+a%27tuin">Google image search</A> if you don’t know what I’m talking about <IMG class="wp-smiley" alt=":)" src="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /> ) </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-discworld/">The idea to make a crocheted Discworld has been running around inside my head</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-discworld/">allow me to present the Amigurumi Discworld:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-discworld/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.planetjune.com/img/88AE9460-6B6B-4DE1-80A9-602D75571A42" alt="crocheted Discworld by planetjune" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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And I have a reply from Colin about Terry Pratchett’s reaction:</p> <BLOCKQUOTE><P><STRONG>He gave a quiet laugh and said, ‘Well, if you’re going to crochet Discworld then that’s the way to do it!’</STRONG></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/discworld-update/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.planetjune.com/img/58B93199-6A0D-4648-BA63-47A3F9C727BE" alt="crocheted Discworld by planetjune" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/discworld-update/">I’ve had several requests from people wondering how I managed to accurately crochet in the landmasses of the Disc</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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