Thank you to Etsy and also to all the Crafters who made and submitted their projects as a part of the Etsy + Craft contest! We can’t tell you how excited and how much fun the team has had looking over all the fantastic entries. In the presence of such talent, we must admit it […]
Geo has a really good Instructable on replacing the pads on your car’s disc brakes, it isn’t that hard and as one of the commenters (and MAKE pal Radiorental) says “Seriously – of all the odd jobs someone should learn this ought to be top of the list. A brake job at your local shop […]
The West Coast’s largest gathering of Art Cars will be happening soon in the next few weeks around the Bay Area from September 14-16. Check out the schedule to see exact location on dates. Link.
Larry scored a Jabra Bluetooth headset for under $20 and after a quick trip to the craft mart made a banana phone – [via] Thanks Steve! – Link. Related: Turn a brick cell phone into a Bluetooth headset – Link. Ringringringringringringring banana phone – Link. Cell phone hacks, mods and more – Link.
A bike restoration master restores the paint job on a vintage CCM-brand bike.
The Star Wars fairisle patterns by Sarah Bradberry are a perfect embellishment to any sweaters or scarves you’ll be knitting soon for fall. Link.
From the Knitty archives, here’s a fun way to dye your own yarn with Kool-Aid (yes that’s right). Kool-Aid dyeing works only on animal fibers: wool, mohair, and alpaca. It doesn’t work on cotton or synthetics, though, so use pure wool yarn for best results. Link.
