Instant classic — starring Becky Stern and Ladyada… This tutorial covers how to talk to a knitting machine! Once the interface cable is made, we can create cool custom patterns and load them from a computer! Adventures in communicating with the Brother KH-930e knitting machine! Watch the video on CRAFT.
French artist Emilie Faif made this sculpture called Paris New-York. Her freeform construction skills are out of this world. [Thanks, Charis!]
As someone keeping careful watch of her pennies, I’m a fan of Trader Joe’s $3 Buck Chuck to keep at home when I’m in the mood for a glass of wine. While I love it, there are some wine afficionados who sometimes turn up their noses at the stuff without ever having tasted it. What’s […]
Photo credit: Naomiki Sato I was both sad and delighted to read this obituary of Eric Joisel, a legendary French origami artist. Sad of course because I’m only finding out about his work now, but delighted to see such amazing creations! He started his career as a sculptor, but threw away all his previous work […]
By Dave Kaleta. Dissected frog in Lego. For the 2010 MOC Olympics.
If you are an independent artist or crafter enter Martha Stewart’s A Call to Crafty Arms Contest. For the first time ever three winners will have the chance to be vendors at their holiday craft sale. Submissions are due by this Friday, Nov 5th.
Reminder: The Ottawa Mini Maker Faire is this weekend!
