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Flashback: Make a Spider Loom for Lace

Flashback: Make a Spider Loom for Lace

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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I love collecting unusual craft patterns and looms, especially vintage ones. Earlier in the year I went to a vintage fashion expo. After meandering through a menagerie of oddly dressed individuals and great-grandmothers’ closet rejects, I found a small booth filled to the brim with old patterns, buttons, and lace. A leaflet from the 1930s with instructions on how to make lace with a spider loom caught my eye, and I instinctively snatched it up.

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Epic Knitted Illustrations

Epic Knitted Illustrations

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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Tracy Widdess of Brutal Knitting recently completed and exhibited these amazingly huge knitted illustrations that she produced with her Brother knitting machine. More: MAKE | Boar's Head Balaclava MAKE | Hacked Knitting Machine Depicts Cosby's Face (video) MAKE | Heavy Metal Quilt in San Francisco

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A Knitted Boyfriend

A Knitted Boyfriend

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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Dutch artist Noortje de Keijer decided to go ahead and knit herself a boyfriend and then she lovingly documented her domestic life with him. [via lustik] More: MAKE | Mini Knitted Olympics MAKE | Knitted Banana Peels MAKE | A Bowl of Knitted Grenades

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