Knit Ripples – Zig Zag Scarf
With all the crochet ripple madness going on, tricia of bits and bobbins goes knit, making cool zig zags with bright colors and different textures as well. Check out her knit pattern on how you can make this too! Link.
Year: 2007
Random icon generator
Ken writes – Here’s the latest thing I’ve made using those nifty color-changing LEDs. It’s another wall-hanging piece, broken into a grid of pixels that cycle through various colors. One might imagine that it’s continually outputting a series of randomly-generated low-resolution computer icons. But if you lay it down flat one could also imagine that […]
Embroidered Napkin and Crochet Napkin Ring Pattern
Craft Leftovers has a new pattern on how to make her Fancy Fricking Napkins by sewing and embroidering your own napkins and crocheting a beaded napkin ring. Link.
DIY bike light
Kevin writes – This page describes the construction of a bike light comprising three 3W Luxeon LEDs. This project had three main goals. 1.) Make a light suitable for use in 24-hour mountain bike racing. 2.) Use readily available material as much as possible. 3.) Offer the details to the community and invite any and […]
Otedama – Japanese Juggling Game/Beanbags
Yes even juggling gets crafty! Diane at CraftyPod writes, “Otedama is a Japanese juggling game, and the name also refers to these wonderful handmade Japanese juggling beanbags. The’re made from fabric or crochet, and filled with various things — beans, gravel, rice, etc.” Link.
Floors and furniture… made from cow manure
There isn’t a how-to (yet) – but this seems like an interesting new particle board material… Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. That’s no cow pie-in-the-sky dream, according to researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They say fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure […]
Felted Styrofoam Egg
To complement her cashmere bunnies which we posted about here, Betz White’s made a simple felted egg over a styrofoam one. What a great idea! I love the polka dot look too. Link.