Crochet Cuff Pattern
Featured as a free pattern on Crochet Today is the Julie Cuff by Robin Chachula of Crochet by Faye. It’s from her new book, Blueprint Crochet which I can’t wait to check out! [ via Lime & Violet ] !
Month: July 2008
Tilted Twister solves Rubik’s cubes
Jason over at Haqckszine found the Tilted Twister, a LEGO NXT robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube without the help of a PC. It’s really impressive to watch! Just place the scrambled cube on Tilted Twister’s turntable. An ultrasonic sensor detects its presence and starts to read the colors of the cube faces using […]
Display animations on the Monome with Shado
The Monome isn’t just good for input – it can be used as a display as well. shado is an open-source compositing and sprite library for the >>monome. It is written in Java, but designed to work seamlessly with a lightweight scripting language like Groovy or Python. We have assembled a number of demonstration programs […]
Throw on a Throw Pillow
Check out my handmade throw pillow roundup for the Home Style Guide site. One of my favorites is this Peu Garden Pillow Duvet (now sold out) from Etsy seller green room.
Make: Austin Weird
Dale Dougherty writes: Mike Weiblen showed up to the Maker Faire Austin Town Hall on Sunday night with his own handmade T-shirt mashup, Make Austin Weird. Mike and about thirty other makers got together to meet with the Maker Faire team and discuss their own plans for the event scheduled for October 18-19 at the […]
Make at The Last HOPE
Make attended The Last HOPE in NYC this past weekend. I really should call it the most recent HOPE, since the name is a bit deceiving. The Next HOPE is already planned for 2010 and it should be just as interesting as the The Last HOPE. I managed to take a few pictures, but most […]
Alternating Current Mittens Pattern
STC Craft | Melanie Falick Books are giving away a free knitting PDF pattern to make the Alternating Current Mittens featured in the book, Knitting New Mittens & Gloves by Robin Melanson. I love that this pattern is a two in one where you can make the mitten-style gloves (left) or fingerless gloves (right). They […]