Crochet Edging on Fabric YoYos
Kate shows you how to crochet around the edge of a fabric yo-yo to create a cute lacy finish. There are full step by step instructions here, plus details how to make a collar using these yoyos. Link.
Month: September 2007
Crochet Virus
Naomi of LePetitBijou on Etsy is featured in The Storque with her piece on the crochet virus she does where a part of the proceeds goes to a charity whose goal it is to improve the quality of life and healthcare for Africans with HIV/AIDS. [ via ] Link.
U-Handblog Bag Making Goodies Drawing
Lisa at U-Handblog’s got a drawing giving away a whole load of bag making booty by leaving a special comment by September 13th. Look at all the good stuff you can win! Read the post for more details. Link.
Make a pocket LED cube – Weekend Projects Podcast
mp4 | mov | hd-appletv | youtube | blip | itunes | pdf This week, Bre Pettis teams up with Mitch Altman and George Shammas to make a little 3x3x3 cube made of little LED lights that you can program with any kind of animation you like! – Subscribe Link Update: in the podcast I […]
West German hacker spaces – C4, Netzladen, and Das Labor
Photo Credit: Fukami Chaos Computer Club Cologne (C4) was the hacker on a plane group’s second home while in West Germany. They’re on their 3.5th location and they’ve got a great set up with a kitchen, shower, and dedicated rooms for the storage of club mate, smoking, servers, and presentations. Jens, Lars, and Thorsten put […]
Make a pocket LED cube – Weekend Project PDFcast
This is one of those projects that fell together perfectly. Recently I traveled around Europe with some friends on a tour of hacker spaces and one of the hacker spaces that we visited was Das Labor (http://das-labor.org). Two of the hackers there, Peter and Martin, have been making these amazing LED cubes that were 5x5x5 […]
HOW TO – Build your own Chaos Machine
A Double Pendulum, a.k.a. a Chaotic Pendulum, is a simple, jointed pendulum used to study dynamic systems/chaos theory. It’s also just a really cool widget that’s fun to watch. Not to be confused, BTW, with Steve Jackson’s (of Steve Jackson Games fame) Chaos Machine, which is an entirely different mechanical animal. The Chaos Machine (Double […]
