Month: December 2008

Pictures from Knit.1 Party

Last night Faith Hale and Tanis Gray, the editors of knit.1 magazine treated a small group to a preview of the Fall/Winter issue of the magazine. They brought the sweaters from the issue and shared some interesting anecdotes about the life of a knitting magazine editor including last minute knitting for photo shoots. I guess […]

Make electricity with the back shed

Make electricity with the back shed

Brian sends this about The Back Shed, a great site with info about windmills and renewable energy. There is an excellent page about getting started with windmills. Particularly interesting isthe project for converting junker computer parts and pvc into a wind powered battery charger. Home made wind generators have been around for decades, with designs […]