Mole Rat Cake
It’s amazing what people can do with some fondant and some airbrushing supplies, like this mole rat cake.
Month: September 2009
Talking Yarn With Kim Werker
Kim Werker is a master of crochet, an advocate for community-building, and an accomplished author. Her new book, Crocheted Gifts: Irresitable Projects to Make and Give, was released last month. I recently caught up with Kim to talk about her favorite craft medium: yarn. When did you start working with yarn, and what was the […]
Farnell buys CadSoft (Eagle)
Big news for many folks out there who use Eagle… Premier Farnell buys design software firm CadSoft (Eagle) – via oomlout Premier Farnell has acquired CadSoft Computer, developer of the Eagle brand of electronic design software. Premier Farnell will market the CAD software through its element14 online community of development engineers. It also plans to […]
Coffee, start to finish
What a cute video about roasting, grinding, and siphon-brewing coffee. Style points for the Gershon Kingsley soundtrack, and it’s not even Friday!
Open Source Embroidery in San Francisco
Open Source Embroidery opens at the SF Museum of Craft and Folk Art October 2.
MakerBot z-crank
One of the hassles of my MakerBot is having to raise and lower the z-stage (the up-down platform holding the plastic extruder) by tugging on the rubber belt. Tug, tug, tug, just to get the extruder into the right position for beginning a print. Zaggo in the Thingiverse made a printable crank to solve this […]
Teeth Mug
This carved teeth mug is perfect for Halloween, and reminds you to make that dentist appointment.
