Our friends over at Lion Brand Yarn have a new crochet along starting up this week. Dora Ohrenstein designed this half medallion bag and will be hosting the crochet along on the Lion Brand web site. For this Half Medallion Bag, I wanted to create a three dimensional effect that radiates out from a center […]
The new UartSBee V3.1 from the Maker Shed is a dual use Xbee adapter / FTDI programmer. The USB port allows you to hook XBee modules up to your computer for programming and wireless linking. It’s like a little Swiss Army knife for Xbees and programming.
We were thrilled to learn yesterday that Dale Dougherty, co-founder of O’Reilly Media, founder and publisher of MAKE, and creator of Maker Faire, has been summoned to the White House to receive recognition as a “Champion of Change.”
I have a jar filled with mismatched buttons on my sewing table that I keep around just because I might find a use for them someday. Jen from My Own Road came up with a great way to get rid of a nice handful of them with her fall tree button shirt tutorial that she […]
Vickie Howell transforms the classic pea coat into a wee version for toddlers in this pattern for Caron yarn. I love the chunky cuffs, and her touch of skull and cross bones buttons gives it an unexpected edge. Get the pattern over on Vickie’s blog.
This page at the University of Oregon bills itself as “the world’s largest collection of anatomically correct fabric brain art.” Shown here is Dr. Karen Norberg’s The Knitted Brain.
Here’s something every aspiring superhero need, a wrist-mounted crossbow with a laser sight. Built in ten days from scratch by maker and laser enthusiast Patrick Priebe, the compact armament thrusts hand-made carbon fiber bolts with pinpoint accuracy.
