HOW TO – Repair knitwear
Here’s a great Knitty article on techniques for repairing knitwear fixes (seams coming undone, pulls, tears and holes). Link.
Year: 2006
CRAFT Book-A-Day Monday: Spin to Knit by Shannon Okey
Spin to Knit by Shannon Okey Book Site – Link. Knitgrrl Web Site – Link. If you’ve always been curious on how to spin your own yarn, there’s no better book than “Spin to Knit” by Shannon Okey (aka Knitgrrl) to introduce you to this new world. Shannon breaks things down and explains the basics […]
HOW TO – Draw Steampunk machines
Our steam powered pal I-Wei just posted up a great overview of drawing “Steampunk art”, it’s mostly about the components of something steam based, so your drawings will be a bit more accurate, he writes – “The purpose of this web page is not to teach you how to draw. I will not be going […]
Make a laptop sleeve from a pants leg
Sam shows how to make a laptop bag from a wide width pants leg, he writes – “…somehow I discovered that my 12″ PowerBook, when inserted lengthwise, fits snugly in the cuff of a regular pair of corduroys. And with this newfound slice of knowledge, the obvious thing to do is to make a stylish, […]
Vintage Halloween Flickr group
There’s a great flickr group I’m a member of that has great vintage images of Halloween from the 1800’s-1960’s. Photos are of halloween decorations, photographs, costumes and more! Pictured here is a postcard from 1910. Link.
HOW TO – Build a Rubiks Cube costume
Fred sent in this great Rubiks cube costume along with how to make your own, he writes – “I made this for my Halloween costume last year, and figured people might be interested in doing it themselves for this season. “ – Link. More: Costume projects and more – Link.
HOW TO – Make devil horns
Cat Morley has a cool tutorial on how to make cute sparkly devil horns that are perfect for Halloween. Link.