Double-Knit Potholder

If you've even a small cynical streak and a slight interest in the world of video gaming the Zero Punctuation videos by Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw are a must. They're plain old funny, plus spoken at breakneck pace, with an accent, and without pauses for breathing. It's almost exhausting just to listen to them.
Part of the appeal is also the animation, which frequently features this little guy: the Zero Punctuation demon. If he has a name I don't know it, but what I do know is that he's a cutie. So cute that when I saw Off the Hook Astronomy's double-knit potholder chart - which you can find at http://offthehookastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/09/buffyzero-punctuation-pot-holders.html - I couldn't resist.
I'd been wanting to try double knitting for a while and found it to be not only fairly straightforward but also fun. This quick knit only takes a few hours, and once you get going the picture emerges quickly enough to keep it interesting. I know myself and I know that I get bored easily on large projects, so these are great. I'm already working on the next one!

Double knitting, by the way, is easier than it looks. So long as you can keep your stitches in order, and keep track of when to change colours, you can do it. The facing panel is always knit and the back panel is always purl - so as you go along the needle you knit one, purl one, and repeat. Any pixel-y image in two colours will work, and if you can't find a suitably-sized sprite/chart on the web there are a bunch of sites and freeware applications that can transform an image into a chart for you.