Glove Bites – Vickie Howell’s free Nov pattern
Thanks Vicki! Just in time for the cold of winter, she’s given us this hip (and fast) knitting pattern to make some cool fingerless gloves. Link.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
12 Pikachu circuit bent orchestra
There isn’t a sound sample -yet- but check out these photos of a 12 modded Pikachu circuit bent orchestra! [via] – Link. Related: Kaseo’s Circuit Bending Gallery (JPN) – Link. Circuit bending @ MAKE – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Circuit Bending – Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and start […]
DIY Alien Invasion
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Jcruss69 made an out of this world Alien invasion “haunted house” (and entered it in the MAKE & CRAFT contest) check out the complete photo set, outstanding work! – Link.
Déplacements, a material “Game of Life” (with PC fans)
Manuel Braun’s “game of life” with PC fans… – “”Déplacements” consists of 24 computer case fans forming a rectangle. Each fans is “pixel”, its number of revolutions and the intensity of the light of its LED varies according to the level of gray corresponding to the pixel of reference. This screen of fans is controlled […]
Skull knitting pattern
Nat says… – “domiKNITrix has one of the best free skull patterns around. So good that another crafter Lisa made a huge skull afgan out of it…” [via] – Link. Related: More crafts @ CRAFT – Link.
Tricked out sneakers…
Here are some pretty tricked out sneakers from Zoltron… [via] – Link. And.. MAKE Flickr photo pool member Arkowi’s homemade Team Zissou shoes – Link. Related shoes: Powered Shoes – Virtual reality input – Link. Shoes made from recycled stuff… – Link. Make Your Own Shoes – Link. Shoes made from grocery bags – Link. […]
From weapons of war to great coffee
BBC has a short article on a maker who turns discarded weapon shells into coffee machines… – “In his workshop in Mekele, just 120 km from Ethiopia’s border with Eritrea, Azmeraw Zeleke is turning burnt-out shells into cylinders used in coffee machines. Most of the shells are left over from the 1998-2000 war between the […]