Yarncraft

The Soft Electric by Grace Kim

The Soft Electric is an exploration in wearable fashion technology, designed by Grace Kim for her final thesis project at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Grace knit and felted the caplet by hand and embroidered the piece with conductive thread. The thread carries electric current to LEDs that are beaded into the embroidery. The LED beads […]

Fabric Tales – Japanese Fabrics Gallery

The online Japanese fabric store called Fabric Tales has a great gallery featuring user submissions of projects featuring the Japanese fabrics bought at the store. Pictured left is handmade dog collars made by Jacqueline Broussard and right is a Blythe doll “Pura-chan” in a Japanese kimono made by Ryoko. It’s fun to browse through all […]

Plush You Toy Workshop

There will be a Plush You workshop at The Richard Hugo House on September 30th at 11:30am. Blair of Wise Craft will be teaching you how tomake your own “Wee” soft toy based on Hillary Lang’s “Wee Wonderfuls Wee” pattern. (See all the variety in the Wee pool in flickr.) The workshop is $10 and […]