Habu Textiles annual sale
The amazing Habu Textiles has started their annual yarn sale – they have the coolest yarns made of paper, silk, cotton, ramie, lots of strange and wonderful stuff for all kinds of art projects!
Month: December 2008
Designer Moleskines
One of the longest standing information systems has got to be the notebook. With a notebook, you can put any idea down on paper, and get it out of your mind. Often this will give you more room for new and maybe even better ideas. Sometimes, the notebook itself can become a wonderful object in […]
Sad Yeti Knitting Pattern
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Holiday stress got you in the dumps? Commiserate with Mr. Abominable by Caffaknitted. He’s available as a knitting pattern in her shop.
Hacked MAKE gift subscription card
Here is my hacked MAKE gift subscription card I plan on giving this holiday season. I used an Arduino, a 7-Segment display, and a modified MAKE gift subscription card. The recipient gets the Arduino and a subscription to MAKE. It’s the perfect combination! It’s never too late to pick up a Maker Shed Gift Certificate, […]
Shoes projects
Today is a big day for shoes, the news is filled with stories of shoes around the world – so on a more constructive and positive note, here are some non-airbourne shoe projects… Learn two ways to mod Converse Hightops: knit one pair and swap the fabric on another. Fashion a pair of ribbon-tie sandals, […]
Flying Spaghetti Monster Portrait in Pasta
Marc @ MAKE points us to this Flying Spaghetti Monster portrait, which uses several different kinds of pasta. More: HOW TO – Make Edible Googly Eyes
Electronumismatic interrogator
My friend Tod E. Kurt built this device as a study in using an analog panel meter with an Arduino. If I recall correctly, it is purely self-referential; its only function is to test its own batteries. The case was cut and styled on his laser cutter — it still smelled like burned wood when […]