MAKE 08: Toys and Games is shipping! Just for MAKE blog readers, get an additional $5 off your subscription, (USA – $29.95 print & digital edition) with code CMAKE – subscribe here. Here’s the roundup of the highlights from the MAKE Blog this week: MAKE 08: Toys and Games – History of Myst, pinball machines, […]
Steven Leyden Cochrane shares with us some of the cool crochet sculptures he’s been working on. Steven says, “These are some sculptures that I’ve been making, recently (part of a series called “Friends for Life”). I started by crocheting stuffed birds with cotton yarn, to which I applied a couple dozen layers of chalk ground […]
Check out The_EN6INEER’s DIY chess board made from plexiglas, it’s 3 level so you can kick Spock style – Link.
Today’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the Bobble Handbag from Fable Handmade Goods. A cute and versatile, easy to make handbag with decorative crochet flower closure. This is a great way to use up leftover yarn and pretty vintage buttons! The bag can be felted too. Bobble pattern decorates bottom and the flower closure shows off […]
David boosted the range of his wireless keyboard / mouse by 400%, he writes – ” I bought a really cool wireless media center keyboard with an onboard trackball mouse, so I diden’t need to sit at a table with a mouse, mousepad and a keyboard while enjoying my media center. The plan was that […]
Spluch says, “Steven Backman creates awesome artworks with toothpicks. This boat in particular is made from 6,000 toothpicks and glue. What a patient man. In addition to being an art piece, it is also a radio controlled boat with a dual propeller system. Even its rudder was made entirely of toothpick.” [ via ] Link.
To follow on today’s CRAFT newsletter theme on recycling, Kim D. sent us some cool links to free patterns by yarn maker Berroco on how to transform a blanket into a coat with knitted sleeves. Link. There’s also a free pattern for a plaid blanket shrug where you can adorn it with crochet trim. Link.
