DIY Lampshade
Follow this Instructable tutorial by Dan to make this very hip lampshade. One simple cut out shape can be traced and cut out into multiple pieces which can connected together to make up various lampshade designs. Link.
Month: April 2007
5 Things to do with hot steel and ideas for more
Vendigroth writes – Following the puzzlement on how I made the loop on my throwing knife instructable, I thought i’d make one on the things that can be done with hot steel. I’ve missed a few out because i think the basics are covered here. If you want to make a bar thinner, for example, […]
Tape Tote Bag – Knit Pattern
Frm Morehouse Farm Merino Knits comes this cute tape measure knit tote. The front design utilizes test swatches from old projects. What a great idea! Link.
Wiimote controlled robot arm
Alphonse, Adam, Jon, and Dan made a Nintendo Wiimote controlled robot arm – Video of a MiniMover 5 robot arm controlled by a Nintendo Wiimote. The arm and control algorithm was our semester project in an Electromechanical design class in the University of Michigan’s Mechanical Engineering department. The MiniMover 5 is an educational robot from […]
Blocking Tutorial
Kim has a great tutorial on the Granny Along blog on how to spray block. Blocking helps set the shape of your crochet or knit pieces and can help make all your granny squares a uniformed size. As I’m working on my granny squares myself still this is a great how-to on the process of […]
T-shirt designs created with stencils and bleach
benjiwenjifoofoo writes – All you do is go to Target or wherever there are plain colored shirts for sale. Then you get a stencil. You can cut out text printed out from your computer, or lay odd shaped objects on the shirt like a doily (as in the first picture) or an Abalone board (as […]
S’mores Cupcakes
Jenny of Sew Darn Cute has a recipe for some yummy s’mores cupcakes. Link.
