HOW TO – Fabric & Button Barrettes
Belle and Burger shows you how to make these cute fabric and button barrettes. So easy you can make a pair to match every outfit!
Month: September 2008
HOW TO – Knit a Picot Edge
Instructables user stinkymum made this knitting tutorial for the Instructables Craft Skills Contest: How to knit a “Picot” Edge: Most sweaters, hats etc. have a ribbed edge, which stops the knitted piece from curling up. It is also stretchy. If you don’t want a stretchy hem or sleeve cuff there is an alternative. It is […]
GARG!
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Gimmelotsarobots has created metal monster! – This little guy is a Garg. The metal gargoyle robot I entered into the Crabfu Challenge on the Trossen Robotics community. The body is galvanized steel. It was made entirely from on hand parts such as CD player motors and hair dryer grills. […]
Wrist mouted flame cannons
Wrist mounted flame cannons via BBG. From the pages of MAKE: Diminutive Balls of Fire – Construct a concealable, hand-held fireball shooter. Read this article in MAKE: 13: Magic, Page 88.
HOW TO – Paper Treat Cones
Make and Takes shows us how to create these playful paper cones, which are filled with treats and handed out at parties. Sounds like a fun tradition to start up for any holiday or special occasion!
Simpsons intro in LEGO
Urmas Salu (a teenager!) won all of $40 for this re-enactment of The Simpsons opening sequence in LEGO. Watching it makes me ridiculously happy. via Boing Boing
Interactive electronics learning online!
The Wisconsin Online Resource Center has a great collection of interactive animations for learning the ins-and-outs of electronics theory and application. If you’re a visual learner, like myself, you’re likely to find these ‘learning objects’ very helpful. In addition to basic principals of AC/DC, digital/analog, logic gates, op-amps, motors, they cover pneumatics, hydraulics, sensors, and […]