HOW TO – Teapot Quilt Square
Pink Penguin has a helpful step-by-step tutorial showing us how to make these super cute teapot quilt squares. These would make great potholders or trivets, no?
Yarncraft
HOW TO – Cabled Legwarmers
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Vickilicious Knits whipped up these stylish cabled legwarmers using a free pattern from Berocco.
Knitting your voice
This installation by Magdalena Kohler and Hanna Wiesener called “Gelsomina” records your voice and knits the waveforms of the sound on a knitting machine controlled by 24 servos. We posted about this back in 2007, but its worth another mention. I just got an electronic knitting machine and I can’t wait to dig in and […]
HOW TO – Moneybag
Remember how cartoon robbers always carry around those big bags with a dollar sign on the side after they pull a bank heist? Now you can make your own version thanks to Craft Apple!
HOW TO – Cylon Hat
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr Pool: Now that Battlestar Galactica is back on the air, it’s the perfect fracking time to give this Cylon knitting pattern from Lick the Lightswitch a try!
Complex Computer Generated Crochet
Georgia Tech grad student Matt Gilbert has been making some awesome crochet from a pattern generator he made, finding inspiration in acoustics. He and I share a strong opinion that computing and iterative crafting (crochet, knitting, weaving, etc.) have much in common. He writes: While the Jacquard Loom allowed for the beautiful and elaborate patterns […]
HOW TO – Lightning Knit Dress from Secondhand Sweaters
OutsaPop Trashion posted instructions for how to make these lightning knit dresses from secondhand sweaters on Cut Out + Keep.