Boing Boing TV on Online Knitting and Ravelry (Video)
Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing TV talks about the growing trend of online knitting and the new site Ravelry with one of the sites’ users, Ruth Waytz. Link.
Month: October 2007
Pumpkin Carving with Crafty Chica
Crafty Chica has some cool stencils which you can use to carve your own special pumpkin. She’s got a list of resources for pumpkin carving as well a project for a festive pumpkin centerpiece. Link.
Ribbon Pinecone Ornament
Please go and check out the fabulously re-designed Whip Up which now has forums! They are also featuring a great tutorial on how to make this pinecone ribbon ornament by Jenna. Link.
Recycled Wallpaper Wildlife Silhouette Kits
Dutch designer Inke Heiland of INKE uses recycled vintage wallpaper to make these cute patterned wildlife silhouettes. Link.
TweakFreaks @ Maker Faire Austin!
The TweakFreaks will be at Maker Faire Austin! TweakFreaks is Maker Faire Austin’s Festival-within-a-Festival dedicated to the art and science of circuit-bending and other forms of electronic musical madness. Featured benders will include: Sk1 Project (Houston), AtariMatt (College Station), The Spaceinvader Orchestra (Austin), The Furby Youth Choir (Austin), Larz (Denton), Ontic (Austin), and Radarcave (Austin). […]
Halloween-themed Thingamagoops
Bleep Labs has created a special line of their Thingamagoop analog synth critters for Halloween. They have (l-r) a robot, pumpkin, vampire and ghost. The devices sell for $110. [BTW: Bleep Labs will be at Maker Faire Austin. Bleep Labs – Link Related: Bleep Labs photos – Link
Halloween 3D Cookie Cutters
I was just at Williams-Sonoma this past weekend picking up some baking supplies and completely missed these 3D Halloween cookie cutters. [ via ] Link.