Sock Gloves Tutorial
Cat of Cut Out + Keep has a fun recycle project you can do when your socks get worn out at the bottom. With some clever cutting and simple sewing you can turn your stripy or patterned socks into cool fingerless gloves. Link.
Month: April 2007
Wee Wonderfuls Spring Stitchettes
Hillary Lang’s Wee Wonderfuls Spring Stitchettes are now available in her shop for just $12. There are 4 cute original embriodery patterns: Miles’ Mother’s Day, Ula’s Umbrella, Oliver Observes, and Georgia Grows (pictured at top). [ via ] Link.
Slow paper shredder
Artist Thorsten Streichardt modded a paper shredder to slow it down to about the speed of grass growing – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a hand cranked document shredder – Link. DIY Xerox Printer Shredder – Link. Hamster shredder – Link. Art @ MAKE – Link.
Craftacular – Craft Wiki for Craft Projects
Shana writes: Craftacular is a wiki (like Wikipedia) for craft information. It has patterns, tutorials, and information about different crafts. Every page is editable by anyone, so eventually, it will become a central source of crafty knowledge. Pictured above is the crochet apples pattern and the Tetris quilt. Visit Craftacular to check out the rest […]
Maker Faire: X1 electric car does 0-100mph in 6.8s
Come check out two amazing electric cars that will be at Maker Faire!, speeding in to the future! Here’s a snippet from the project description by Rich Hilleman and Ian Wright: Electric cars do not have to be heavy, ugly, and slow. The Wrightspeed X1 weighs only 1536 lbs, and has beaten some of the […]
Dress made from Ramen Packets
Splurch pointed us to Karina of Virginia who used 196 ramen packets to make this dress for her “Wearable Art” project. She also used chopsticks to make a bracelet and to embellish her hat. Link.
Crystal radios & round up
Kevin Kelly has a great round up of crystal radio builds, free plans and kits (some I haven’t seen either) – Link. Inspired related round up: HOW TO – Building a crystal radio out of household items – Link. Refugee Radio – An energy-independent AM-receiver radio… – Link. Building a radio in 10 minutes – […]
