CRAFT’s Editor in Chief Carla Sinclair gives her picks for knit and crochet style decor in today article titled, “Knitted decor is a crafty look” in USA today. Pictured above are knitware pottery from Alyssa Ettinger and the cotton crochet table by Marcel Wanders on the right. Read the article for more of Carla’s picks! […]
Cornell University’s Making of America has Scientific American from 1846 to 1869 scanned in, ready to read. Incredible stuff. Scientific American in Cornell University’s Making of America – [via] Link.
This cute crochet Crystal Lace Bolero is brought to us by Robyn Chachula of Crochet by Faye. Robyn’s inspiration for this design was sparked by her best friend’s move to Phoenix so she needed an idea for a hot weather crochet piece. The bolero is beautiful but also light and portable. The main motif is […]
Farrell Friedenberg writes: Fun shrinky dink bling! This jewelry is hand drawn on shrinkable plastic, and set into vintage settings. there is also a fun line of bright colored fur jewelery as well. Check out The Trophy Lodge’s Etsy Store for cute trinkets like the Peace Head ring pictured above and more. Link.
You too can make this bracelet out of old cd’s by using the techniques of kluvlove from her tutorial on Craftster.org. Link.
Phil writes: Artist Louisa Bufardeci made these embroidered telephone conversations, she writes… Warrantless, wireless, telephone tapping – how does it affect the home-sweet-homeliness of the domestic space? 13 captured telephone conversations – all one minute long captures the sense of paranoia generated by the idea that anyone could be listening in, anytime. These particular thirteen […]
Randofo writes – I have found myself with an abundance of rotary phones. In fact, they’re everywhere I look. In hopes that I may someday see less of them, I’ve begun taking them apart and re-using the parts for other purposes. For some reason I got it into my brain that interfacing the rotary control […]
