Photo from Petmar0 on Flickr Pete responded in the comments to the the call for designs in the Rural Celly Charger article on Saturday. How about connecting a joule-thief circuit (DC-DC upconverter) to a cap on one side and a small solar cell (like the ones in calculators) on the other? You pull off of […]
Cathy Callahan talks with Heather Ross on vintage sewing machines. Cathy writes: i complimented heather on her choice of sewing machine and she proceeded to tell me the most fascinating story about them. she then went on to tell me all about her grandfather’s time as a singer sewing machine rep. you know i’m a […]
Photo from The Boston Globe While working at a local shop, Earl Cogswell, jr. saw the need for people to have a clean, secure way to store their propane tanks during transit to and from the filling stations. As he filled up tanks for people, he could see that often women were jamming the tank […]
Instructables user kanjun writes: This tutorial will show you how to create a garment that changes its behavior depending on how conductive you are. It detects conductivity through iron-on conductive fabric that we will use, and it will light up and sing different notes depending on how you touch the conductive fabric. We’ll be using […]
Here’s a roundup of Mending Month this week: Learn how to mend your broken jewelry with bead queen Susan Beal. Andrea Dunlap likes to crochet patches and shows you how. Diane Gilleland patches a hole beautifully with reverse appliqué. Brookelynn Morris shows you how to repair a wool sweater with needle felting. Rachel mends an […]
IndieSacramento is now accepting vendor applications for the IndieSacramento May Market on Saturday, May 2nd in Sacramento, CA. Check out the vendor page for more info.
Beth Doherty (gourmetamigurumi.com) is a perfectionist with limitless patience, the ideal combination for creating highly detailed and inspirational amigurumi. CRAFT featured Beth back in Volume 01, along with one of my favorite images to ever grace our pages (Lydia and Punk Bunny): The life and feeling that she infuses into yarn and embellishments is amazing. […]
