How To: Build an Inkle Loom
Build your own relatively easy-to-make inkle loom and start weaving!
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Gigantic, Creeptastic Lego Victorian
Mike Doyle’s masterwork Lego Victorian on Mud Heap follows up on his similar, if less epic, creations, Three Story Victorian with Tree and Two Story with Basement. This latest work is 5.5′ x 6′ x 3′ and uses well over 100,000 Lego elements, and took 600 hours of build time. For me, this piece speaks […]
How-To: Paper Bag Trees
These lovely paper bag trees by Katie at Matsutake are one more reason that I wish I had a talent for paper crafting. She combined lunch bags, yarn pompons, and Mod Podge, and somehow ended up with a seasonal project fit to display on any mantle. I am seriously impressed! Head over to her site […]
The Organization For Saving The Macrame Owl
Sister Diane points us to this hilariously awesome, tongue-in-cheek organization called The Macrame Owl. This organisation is dedicated to saving, rehabilitating and reviving the Macramé Owl. The Macramé Owl is a rare species that is dreadfully declining in numbers worldwide. This heartbreaking situation is partly due to the difficulty in finding jute at local craft […]
Make: Live 9/28/11 — 3D Modeling & Printing (video)
Make: Live episode 17 features 3D modeling and printing and was live from the MakerBot workshop in Brooklyn, NY. Learn about the software and hardware toolchain for realizing your imagination in 3D objects in this archived episode.
Tips for Preserving Plastic Artifacts
Though “plastic” has now largely overcome its “The Graduate”-era connotation of “necessarily cheap, fake, and ephemeral,” it remains the case that plastic objects—especially those manufactured early in the history of plastics technology—present unusual challenges for long-term conservation.
How-To: Write a Crochet Pattern
Many of us know our way around a crochet hook well enough to create simple projects on the fly, but get completely intimidated when it comes to recording the stitches so we can make the same project again or share the pattern with others. Heidi from Speckless shared her method for creating crochet patterns—from inspiration […]
