Fall Knit Headwrap
Make this superwarm Fall Knit Headwrap by Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers. It’s wider to keep your ears perfectly warm as the cold weather hits! Link.
Month: September 2007
BEAM Vibrobot spiders
This short vid shows two really sweet BEAM Vibrobot “spiders” skittering around on a dinner plate. If you’re interested in learning how to make solar-powered vibrobots, I did a how-to on Street Tech a while back (see link below). BEAM spider bots face off – Link How-To: Build BEAM Vibrobots – Link
Rat Race Scarf Kit
Morehouse Farm has a fun knitting kit to make a RatRace Scarf for just $16! Make it in chartreuse, light grey, dark grey, blackberry or brown with #5 or #6 DPN needles. Link.
MAKE & CRAFT now has how-to videos @ SmartFlix!
Big news for Makers! MAKE and CRAFT now offer hundreds of awesome How-To videos available as DVD rentals through a seamless interface with our good partner, SmartFlix. SmartFlix is a service that rents video DVDs – just like your corner video store (NetFlix, BlockBuster, etc) … but they rent how-to videos. Videos on running lathes, […]
Fabric Scraps into Abstract Art
Samantha on Maquette had fun turning her fabric scraps into her own work of art by embroidering and collaging them into abstract art. Link.
HOW TO – Make simple but nice sounding/playing folk instruments
John writes – I came across a link to this website in the comments of another blog. This site includes instructions for building tons of musical instruments including bagpipes, banjos, hurdy gurdys, hang drums, and many others. He also has some great videos on youtube which demonstrate some of his homemade instruments. HOW TO – […]
Crafty Alien: Born in a Barn Patterns vol 3 – Bull, Donkey, and Alpaca
Lisa of Crafty Alien has vol 3 out of her pattern series “Born in a Barn” featuring these cute cuddly animals — bull, donkey, and alpaca. Knit and felt these little softies with the pattern ($5) or individual kits ($10). Link.