Knittin’ Kitten
Just something to smile over this Monday morning… A bit of knitting and kitty inspiration from Cute Overload. If she had tiny needles in her paw, I’d probably cry from all the cuteness. [ via ] Link.
Year: 2007
Fabric Origami Quilt Block
From vaughanville on the CRAFT Instructables group is a tutorial on how to fold fabric squares into beautiful origami. Link.
HOW TO – Flash MIDI
Fred sent in a great Flash (Macromedia/Adobe that is) to MIDI control project — “From 1734 when Louis-Bertrand Castel, a Jesuit monk, created the Clavecin Oculaire, a ‘color harpsichord,’ until today, artists have created instruments for performing color compositions. In the late 19th century, Alexander Rimington created the first ‘color organ’ for use in public […]
Where’s Craftie
Craftie is hanging out with Jessica of Frau Liebe in Hamburg, Germany! He’s made some new friends and is learning so much more about art. He looks like he’s having way too much fun in Europe. Wonder where Craftie’s gonna go next… Jessica’s Flickr Photo Series – Link. Craftie’s My Space Page (with Frappr Map) […]
HOW TO – Cog Embroidery
Phil @ MAKE shows us that Tinkergirl has a tutorial up on her blog, Brass Goggles on how to embroider your own cogs and gears for “Steampunk-ified clothing modification”! [ via ] Link.
HOW TO – 5 transistor PIC programmer (wire-wrapped onto an index card)
Klee27x writes – “Make your own PIC programmer for your computer’s parallel port. This is a variation of David Tait’s classic design. It is very reliable and there is good programming software available for free. I like IC-Prog and PICpgm programmer.” – Link.
Quasicade EX Arcade cabinet review (video)
James writes – “We’ve just released the first Retro Thing TV segment. The plan is to release a broad series of short videos over the next few months that explore vintage technology using an approach which goes beyond the static pages of retrothing.com. The first segment is a five minute video review featuring Retro Thing […]