How-To: Crochet Baby Gnome Hat
Lorajean of Lorajean’s Magazine shares a pattern for this adorable baby crochet gnome hat. I love the little ear flaps!
Year: 2011
ECOoler Evaporative Cooler Partition
This attractive partition, called ECOoler, designed by Mey Kahn and Boaz Kahn combines two traditional Middle-Eastern elements to create an environmentally friendly cooling system. One part Mashrabiya, an ornate architectural partition made of clay or cement bricks, the other part Jara, a clay jug that acts as an evaporative cooler. It’s comprised of slip cast ceramic tubular tiles that are joined together using common garden hose fittings and connected to a water supply.
Basic Blacksmithing
Meg joins Alex Himmelbaum who shows us how to shape hot steel into a rustic paper towel holder for the kitchen. More info: http://bit.ly/gH7YgI
Tiny Yellow House in the New York Times
Photo by Boston photographer Erik Jacobs Congrats to MAKE video contributor Derek “Deek” Diedricksen for the piece about him and his micro-homes in this past Sunday’s New York Times. Really nice profile and slideshow of some of Deek’s projects. I like the characterization of his Tiny Yellow House show as “This Old House meets Wayne’s […]
MAKE Karts and Wheels Contest Winners
We got some really great, creative entries for our MAKE Karts and Wheels Contest. Folks were tasked with making something original and documenting the build in our DIY library, Make: Projects, with the only criteria being that their creation have wheels and can carry a person. The editors of MAKE then judged entries based on […]
Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Amanda of Amandeleine made Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies. She says: It’s exactly what it sounds like. Make cookie dough. Scoop dough. Smoosh around a double stuff Oreo in its entirety. Bake. Eat. Yeah. So I’m just going to drop this recipe in front of you guys and back away slowly. You don’t need me. […]
Quilting with Denyse Schmidt
As a graphic designer who works in publishing, it’s easy to forget that my profession often dovetails nicely with other creative pursuits. If you deal in imagery and functionality, your materials are endless. So it was nice to see this video with quilt maker Denyse Schmidt and be reminded that arts and crafts don’t need to be divided by a “vs.”
