Just last night, I was visiting with a friend who casually whipped out a work-in-progress knit sock from her purse. I marveled at the tiny, double-pointed needles poking out every which way, and was a bit intimidated by the whole thing. The latest videos from Lion Brand Yarn might help ease my fear a bit. […]
It’s the ’60s, and you don’t have access to a semiconductor fab to make piles of cheap memory for you, so how could you store data on your computer?
Corinne at Threadbanger shows us how to make a beaded tiara with simple supplies. This would make a great craft project for a kid’s birthday party, and I’m very tempted to break out the beads and make my own. Like Corrine says, everyone deserves to let out their inner princess.
A new hackerspace is opening in Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY: Alpha One Labs.
If you tried to go to the last Make: NYC meeting and were thwarted, like me, by the police blocking the street (for an unrelated construction problem), you’ll be happy to read this announcement for the next Make: NYC meeting, featuring fewer cops!
This tangle of corrugated plastic tubes is the Audiocloud, a collaboration between Piotr Adamski and mode:lina. It’s got some high-falutin’ conceptual roots, but I gotta admit I’m just charmed by the series of tubes. [via Core77]
Diane Gilleland’s latest e-book venture is Crafty Tree Trimmings, a collaboration with a group of top crafters who have created a collection of ornaments that reflect each of their strengths and unique styles. Included in the collaboration are Susan Beal, Linda Permann, Kayte Terry, Betz White and Patricia Zapata. A portion of each book sale […]
