High-Fashion Urchin-Proof Wetsuit
Fashion designer Alba Prat designed this laser cut neoprene number. I bet it smells awful, as plastics often do when you burn them, but hey, it looks awesome. [via Fashioning Technology]
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Stirrup Socks Pattern
I’ve been spying on (and loving) the new trend of socks peeking out of boots while at a department store a month ago. Purl Soho/The Purl Bee has collaborated with Loeffler Randall on creating patterns for stirrup socks that work with Loeffler Randall rain boots and booties. I love their version that brings an extra […]
Cape Patterns
Capes are back in full force this winter and you can make your own with these two patterns taken from our CRAFT Pattern Podcast archives. Knit up this Into the Woods Cape by Nikol Lohr or sew up this stylish Tonia Cape by fitzpatterns (Photo of flickr user kneek). Either way, you’ll be covered up […]
Holiday Gift Guide: Personalized Presents
Even if you’re too busy to make a bunch of handmade gifts this year, you can still give special, “I was thinking of you” personalized presents. Here are a few ideas to get you started. If you don’t see what you’re looking for here, do a quick online search. Chances are, someone’s willing to customize […]
Fluid Dress is Knit from Plastic Tubing
Fluid Dress 2.0! Lovely video of blacklight-reactive fluid being pumped through the 600 ft of plastic tubing comprising this dress by Casual Profanity. We saw an earlier prototype at Maker Faire Bay Area 2009.
CRAFT Pattern: Parsimonious Toe Up Socks
By Kristin Roach par⋅si⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous – /adjective Characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. And that is how I feel about my sock yarn – especially hand dyed sock yarns. I had less than a full skein of four different sock yarns that I had dyed myself. I wanted to use them to make a […]
Working the Angles
Check out the gallery of rad geometric dresses on our sister site, Make: Online. Dresses designed by Amila Hrustic.