Plastic Canvas Tetris Magnets

Nerdy confession: I love plastic canvas. It’s one of the first crafty things I learned to work with way back in the day:  I can’t tell you how many Christmas ornaments I’ve made as a child.

Plastic canvas doesn’t seem to be very popular for modern crafters: many seem to think it’s only used to make old-fashioned or kitschy crap. But if you’re a yarn crafter of any sort, this material is so simple to use and so versatile that just like knitting and crochet, the possibilities seem endless.

One great source of plastic canvas inspiration: craftypod.

I do have an old stash of a few sheets of plastic canvas, but I hadn’t used it in years. just before christmas, while browsing various blogs, I came across this tutorial on craftster for making little magnets that look like tetris game pieces. This answered the question spinning around in my head: what to make my brother for Christmas?

When my brother and I were kids, Tetris was one of the first video games to ever grace our home. Yes, I’m quite nostalgic for the original Nintendo system.

These magnets were pretty easy to make and the whole project only took me a couple of hours. I wanted to make sure I got all 7 original shapes in 7 different colors, so I used a combination of Caron Simply Soft and Red Heart Soft yarns from my stash.

These were a lot of fun. Now I need a set for myself!