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.
Trash never looks so crafty! Menuet writes – “An Oscar the grouch costume. Cut the bottom out of the trash can, and supported it with bungee cords on my belt. Lid is velcroed to my head. I’m wearing a green ski mask, sweater and black gloves with a MESSLOAD of yarn glued on. “ – […]
Knitzilla! is an all-ages, all-genders group of yarn addicts who believe in supporting their worldwide community, often through craft. Knitzilla!’s have supported hurricane Katrina survivors, Asian tsunami survivors and others around the world who could use a little warmth in their lives. The first picture above is a child’s sweater created by an LA knitter […]
Stacia at Wardrobe Refashion ’06 took her wedding dress and refashioned it into a dress that she can wear again. She also used some of the leftover sheer fabric to make lavender sachets! Simply beautiful work! Link.
Kim Werker from Crochet Me magazine has a cool pattern on how to make your own amigurumi dudes as shown here. There’s even a flickr group where you can add a snapshot of your finished friend. Link.
twelve22 shows you how to sew the perfect zipper on a pouch! Sometimes these things can be tricky and the photos here are fantastic. [ via ] Link.
We had no idea one little pen could do so much. Thanks to Photojojo, we’re introduced to the $4 wonder, the Blender pen which can transfer photo works onto fabric, paper, tile, wood, copper, linoleum and more. Don’t miss all the examples of the pen in action. Link.
Eunny Jang used Knitty’s Kool-Aid dyeing guide to make her own self striping yarn shown above. It’s really cool to see her yarn all hung up to dry! Link.
