Ahoy, knit this bag or walk the plank!
Well, shiver me timbers! Today, Sept 19th, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Pirates knit and you can knit like one by making the Pirate Queen’s Booty bag to stash all your opulent treasures. Link.
Yarncraft
HOW TO – Sew a hat
Steph at Curiously Crafty has a great sewing tutorial on how to make a hat with a brim. Get some nice wool fabric to make some for fall. Link.
Crochet Earrings
Make some crochet earrings designed by Julie A. Bolduc. Link.
Knit Converse Shoes
Here’s a way you can still wear your old pair of converse shoes when the fabric gets all worn out — knit yourself a new pair! Link.
HOW TO – Spin Yarn
Linda Scharf has a tutorial on how to spin and create dirt ball yarn. From Linda, “I wanted to make a yarn that looked like a dirt bomb. I had an idea that it would have tones of brown, black, and grey with some little nuggets, specks and flecks of other brighter colors.” Link.
CRAFT Podcast Pattern: Fitzpatterns Deanne Cropped Pants
This week’s CRAFT podcast pattern is Fitzpatterns’s Deanne Cropped Pants which are cool looking knickerbockers with rib-trim ends. Pictured here are ones made from Prince of Wales grey and black corduroy. Make yourself some fantastic cropped pants to wear with boots this fall. The featured pattern is size Medium. If you need other sizes, please […]
Inside electronic toys
Professor Yury Gitman teaches at Parson’s Design + Technology Program and has a great photo montage of various electronic toys he’s made and what’s inside. What’s fantastic is that he and his students also break apart electronic toys that are on the market now in the toy store, aptly called “toy autopsies”. Link.
