Jo writes in with a tip from the Just Call Me Ruby blog about how to avoid damage to your body from the repetitive actions of knitting and other crafts. She provides advice for stretches, tips on posture, and just good general info on RSI and why crafters should take special care to avoid it. […]
Here’s an interesting kit for a PIR sensor controlled camera. Though with only a 640×480 CMOS view, you may want a higher resolution to identify stealthy intruders – When the sensor detects movement in a room it will take a burst of 10 photos with the digital camera. Each photo is taken at 0.5sec interval. […]
Ever wonder what it looks like when a windmill’s brakes fail? It’s NOT pretty (but it is pretty cool). The second vid shows it in dramatic slo-mo. Windmill/turbine going wild and finally breaking – [Thanks, Patti!] Link
Though it’s certainly simple enough to make your own felted balls, sometimes you need a lot of them for a project and it’s preferable to just buy a bunch. Betz White helps out with a roundup of online resources for purchasing felt balls, as well as a link to Martha’s tutorial on how to make […]
Peggy LED boards are now available in our store! Evil light-emitting pegboard display, affectionately known as “Peggy,” provides a quick, easy, powerful and efficient way to drive a lot of LEDs – up to 625 in a big matrix covering almost a square foot of area. You can make an LED sign for your window, […]
Derek and Lauren recently posted on Design*Sponge about how they updated their plain IKEA credenza using little more than two shades of woodgrain contact paper. The effect is modern and fun at the same time. Link.
MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes This week’s CRAFT Video Podcast is the second in a two part series on how to make intarsia/stranded knitting pattern from an image in Photoshop. We’ll go from the gridded pattern we made last week to a knitted back panel for the sweater using […]
