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Rania Hassan Blog – goshdarnknit.blogspot.com Rania Hassan’s recent series of paintings incorporate a new crafty element–knitting. The paintings are a series of two women connected together through time or space with their knitting. Rania will have some of these paintings at her booth at Crafty Bastards on Oct. 1 in DC. See all 10 of […]
From the MAKE photo pool, crafty Lauren was inspired by this iPod shuffle cozy with instructions and decided her iPod needed a little quilted sleeping bag. The cozy quilt is made from an old fabric belt. From Lauren,”It only took me 20 minutes to make, and was almost like a little patchwork quilt where I […]
MK Carroll has a great knit pattern for a sushi knit toilet paper cozy. Also, check out her new sushi crochet pillow in the new book Get Hooked! Link. More: Crochet sushi toilet paper cozy – Link.
Brady (from O’Reilly) spotted this rad Self-balancing skateboard in the desert during Burning Man, he writes “This was the coolest piece of personal transport that I saw on the playa…It was very easy to ride on. Lots of fun. I met the creator, Justin, on the playa. He calls it an emanual. He promised to […]
I’m catching up on unpacking and finally got my little open source squeezable, Wi-Fi bean-bag computer, the Chumby, set up… What’s a Chumby? – Chumby, a compact device that can act like a clock radio, but is way more flexible and fun. It uses the wireless internet connection you already have to fetch cool stuff […]
More Katamari fun! Easily Amused made her sister a Katamari Damacy hat. Scroll down the page for the full tutorial, complete with some tips. I’ve gotten pretty addicted to the game in the last few months and if I made and wore this hat, I’d probably roll myself into any object. [ via ] Link. […]
Simon writes – “While in Wellington recently we went to their museum and saw this incredibly Aussie piece of art. The car is Australian and although the invention of the corrugated iron came from the poms, much of Australia’s iconic outback scenery has either something fabricated from, or covered in the stuff. But kudos to […]
