HOW TO – Knit with two circular needles
Sometimes double pointed needles make things harder to knit in the round for small circumferences. Here’s a great tutorial on how to knit with two circular needles. Great step-by-step photos. 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.
Kids Craft Weekly
Now here’s a great craft site for kids projects which has original craft ideas for young kids (aged 2-5) posted weekly via email newsletter and online. This week’s topic is transportation where kids can make an easy propeller plane out of toothpaste and lightblub boxes. Link.
Super magnification camera
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rautiocination is taking some super-close up photos… (here are the macro shots) – “an ungodly abomination, a EF 90-300 mm lens which is male to male filter coupled to a EF-S 18-55 lens …potential magnification is around 300 / 18 = ~16x (not taking into account non-full frame sensor, for […]
Knit Fix Blog Tour
As knitters, we’ve all experienced the many mistakes that can happen along the way, especially for projects beyond the “one size fits all scarf”. How do you fix a sweater that’s too short that you’ve been working on for the last 3 months? How do you fix a missing stitch? Knit Fix, the new book […]
Yugo auto sculptures
The toaster and the shower are my favorites… – “Artist Kevin O’Callaghan, a Manhattan School of Visual Arts professor, saw something of beauty in the car that the public has turned its back on. He bought 39 rusty Yugos and asked his students to make objects of functional art from them. What was remnants of […]
HOW TO – Make a party hat from playing cards
Sergey Chernyshev posted up his latest project on Instructables showing you how to make a cool looking party hat from playing cards. Link.
Felt cozies for Nintendo DS and mobile phone
Michael and Birgit made some felt cozies for their mobile phones and their Nintendo DS Lite. Next up for them is a felt macbook cozy. Link.