Karrie of Girl on the Rocks writes: This Saturday (April 26)in Berkeley CA is the first ever Color Fiber Festival! Local indie vendors will be selling hand crafted yarn, fiber and knitting notions. The event will include classes in knitting, weaving, and drop spindling. There will also be ‘fiber tastings’ to try out different fibers. […]
Take a visit to Relish at Home in Berkeley this weekend for the opening of Mammalia this Saturday, April 26th from 6-9pm. Artist Jane Buck of Foxy & Winston comes to Berkeley from Brooklyn, NY in her first solo exhibition. Handmade silk-screened prints of beautiful bright water, fabulous flora, woodland, & pastoral scenes feature small […]
This “Snap Circuit Rover” requires no soldering and can be easily put together by the whole family. Pretty cool way to teach your kids about circuits without any of the messy solder blobs and other wiring accidents. Snap Circuit Rover
Now this looks like fun: The Open GPS Tracker is a small device which plugs into a $20 prepaid mobile phone to make a GPS tracker. The Tracker responds to text message commands, detects motion, and sends you its exact position, ready for Google Maps or your mapping software. The Tracker firmware is open source […]
Have you ever wanted to make or repair your own tarp? Or maybe make a professional-looking flag for your kids’ treehouse? You’re going to need grommets. Nat @ CRAFT writes: ModHomeEcTeacher has a great DIY with her Ten Minute Grommet Workshop, showing you all the great tips for getting a grommet on right!
This Flickr contest challenges you to create the most off-the-wall USB peripheral you can think of. Check out the URL above and tag your photos for the USB Flickr group. Note – it should say “prizes” not “prices” above. USB-ish contest, [via]
I am totally digging this embroidered necktie Flickr user MoeSewCo uploaded to the CRAFT pool. Sasquatch rules!
