At the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Rose White gave a talk about the history of knitting in relation to computing/hacker culture. You can download a video of the lecture, and look at the conference page. She talks about how the industry has evolved to support free information sharing, much like open source software. She […]
Carrie of Sommer Designs shares her step-by-step tutorial for making these simple lingerie/utility bags. I’d love to whip up a few of these to hold my shoes the next time I travel. Link.
I’ve started embroidering these patches for my backpack for all the different airports I’ve visited. Patches can be hard to find when traveling, but now I can make my own to show off where I’ve been. My friend Peter came up with this idea long ago. I’ve made some of them available for sale in […]
Maker Jimmie Rodgers posted this flashlight variation of the Joule Thief to the MAKE Flickr pool. Joule Thief – Link Related: Make a Joule Thief – Weekend Projects Video Podcast – Link
The editors of Apartment Therapy and Blueprint/Bluelines are co-hosting the January Jumpstart Project. AT:LA editor Gregory Han explains: An editor from every site is tackling their own project, their own January Jumpstart Project, and mine is this 1950’s stereo cabinet ages I found ages ago on a curbside nearby. It’s remained on the “one day…some […]
Sarah at Bella Knitting has this beautiful pattern showing you how to knit this simple and pretty button scarflet to keep your neck warm. Link.
Thanks for all your comments and early entries to the Amy Butler Sew Inspiring Contest! We listened to you and we’re happy to announce that we’re now opening up the contest to participants outside the US and Canada, there are no geographic restrictions on entries. Apologies also for not being more clear on what we […]
