This whole Chilean miner incident has made me realize how claustrophobic I am because the very idea of being buried thousands of feet in the Earth, in a tiny room, filled with other anxious, surly dudes, is viscerally terrifying to me — even if they have three precious 3.19″ boreholes through which they can get […]
Robyn Love will be at World Maker Faire NY making a special yarn bomb installation over one of the rocket sculptures on site. To prepare, we need your help! Our friends at Lion Brand Yarn are sponsoring the project and have set up two nights leading up to the Faire to come out and knit […]
Robyn Love will be at World Maker Faire NY making a special yarn bomb installation over one of the rocket sculptures on site. To prepare, we need your help! Our friends at Lion Brand Yarn are sponsoring the project and have set up two nights leading up to the Faire to come out to their […]
It’s a full-size chair version of one of those little wooden toys with segmented legs that collapses when you release the internal tension. I’ve heard them called “swoon toys.” This furniture-scale version called Lazy Chair, by UK designers Fresh West, stands back up rather more slowly than the toys; it takes about 45 seconds in the video above. There’s also a click-to-collapse Flash version at the designer’s website. [via NOTCOT]
Sew up a snazzy chevron pillow from plain striped fabric with this handy tutorial from Dana at Made.
Different name, but same content – we changed the name of this weekly craft fair update to Crafty Events. Short and to the point. So … please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, please . Coming Up This Weekend: Indie […]
Use hula hoops to keep your swimming pool warm year-round using the sun. Thanks go to Edward Hujsak for the original article in MAKE, Volume 23. To download The Lily Pad Pool Warmers video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Lily Pad Pool Warmers article in MAKE Volume 23 and you […]
