Blissed Out shares her experiences stitching up her very first skirt, using instructions gleaned from Diana Rupp’s great book, Sew Everything Workshop. The results are lovely, especially with the doilies she added for extra sass. Link.
Tomotaka Takahashi demoing his robot minions bots at the recent Robotopia Rising event in Washington, DC. MANOI, FT, Chroino Robot Demos – [via] Link
#6 is a small, easy to build, inexpensive, bare-bones computer. Like the Arduino, it was designed to easily teach art students about microcontrollers, interactivity, and electronics. It’s only $25 (cheaper than the Arduino) is open source, and uses open source software for programming. It uses a very popular chip (AVR) so there’s a good code […]
Sock Wars III starts off May 9th, so get ready! From the Sock Wars site: If you are brave enough sign up to do battle you battle you will be emailed a top secret assassination dossier on 9th May 2008. This file contains the details of your target and an exclusive, never-been-published-before knitting pattern with […]
Check out this felted handbag with the face of a monster on the side! From the site: Gertrude is a little shy, see how her hair hangs in front of her face, she’s trying to hide. However, when she’s had a bit too much to drink, she shows her wild side. She has a tendency […]
Check out these amazing crocheted and knitted houses worn as sweaters–a collaboration between fashion designer Yoshikazu Yamagata and knit artist Mafuyu. [via] Link.
Here’s an amazingly constructed knitted dress (with a knitting machine, I assume) encouraging you to vote on election day in November. – Link.
