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I am loving all the cool entries for this months Whiplash contest on Alt Crafts. Here’s another real cool submission by Karrie of Girl on Rocks, who basically unwound an old mixed cassette tape and knit it into this cool-looking iPod cozy. Wowza! Link.
I am never able to wind my yarn into nice balls where you can easily pull from the center of the ball to knit. They end up rolling all over the place. Here’s a great photo step-by-step on how to wind up your skeins of yarn properly using a toilet paper roll as a base. […]
Get LoFi shows how to “circuit bending” a computer, nice! – “Computer Bending Yes, it is possible. I always wondered what would happen if you start circuit bending a computer. The obvious answer is that it will crash. Indeed it is not very good to cross pins on the motherboard. However this does not always […]
CuteCircuit’s Hug Shirt, which we first talked about here on the MAKE blog, has just been nominated by Time as one of the Best Inventions of 2006. The new design of the shirt was presented at Wired’s NextFest in NY last month and one of hte new features is that the shirt is completely washable! […]
CRAFT friend Susan Beal has a list of resources about today’s election day here in the U.S. Susan was in San Francisco last weekend and caught The Quilts of Gee’s Bend and showcases Irene Williams’ Vote quilt from 1975. Susan also pointed out AIGA’s Polling Place Photo Project where you help document democracy by taking […]
The Jack Daniels Drinking Fountain is pretty nice and the AC/DC Shifter lets you mix different music tracks using tractor shifters… – “Ned Troide was singularly famous for scoring 72,999,975 points on the video game Defender, the highest score ever recorded, in a single session lasting 62 1/2 hours. What is less known is that […]
O’Reilly Editor Brian Sawyer introduces us to the new DVD, “Real Men Knit”. In addition to a 32-minute documentary, the video also includes a 20-minute knitting lesson (a knitted cap) and two 20-minute interviews with “famous” and “legendary” male knitwear designers. Check out Brian’s intro to the piece and the accompanying video preview. If anyone […]
