Free Halloween Embroidery Patterns
Create some cute Halloween embroideries with these free patterns by Melissa at Elemental Stitches.
Month: October 2009
How-To: Truss and Roast a Chicken
Christy Canida at Instructables shows us how to make an easy, delicious, successful roast chicken first by trussing the chicken (securing the legs and wings so they don’t dry out by being overcooked), and then roasting the chicken. If you’ve never roast a whole chicken before, give it a try!
3 win Nobel in physics for digital devices – fiber optics and digital imaging
Digital devices this year, interesting… Charles K. Kao, a British and U.S. citizen, won for “groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication.” Willard S. Boyle, a Canadian and U.S. citizen, and George E. Smith, a U.S. citizen, “invented the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor, a CCD (Charge-Coupled […]
How-To: Quick Lederhosen T-Shirt
You can celebrate Oktoberfest in style, minus the fancy costume rentals by checking out this tutorial from Beth of stitch.rip.repeat for making a lederhosen-style t-shirt.
In the Maker Shed: Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things
Ingenuity has met its match in frequent Make Magazine contributor Cy Tymony. In his book, Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things, Cy combines the sneaky fun of his Sneaky Uses series with the growing interest in green living. The result is an easy-to-practice manual for conserving energy.
Cthulhu Baby Blanket
This awesome cthulhu baby blanket was lovingly crocheted by Craftster user Fickle Pegasus. The velcro tentacles can hold onto toys so they don’t roll away. [via Neatorama]
Drilling square holes with a Watts drill
Interesting thread over on The Home Shop Machinist describing the use of H.J. Watts’ 1918 US patent 1,241,176 drill, based on the Reuleaux triangle (Wikipedia), for drilling a (mostly) square hole.