How-To: Plush Kirby
Geek Crafts points us to this tutorial from Serena of Seremeres for making a plush Kirby.
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How-To: Hack Your Knitting Machine
Learn to connect the Brother KH-930e knitting machine to any computer to knit any pattern you can create in a graphics program like Photoshop or Paint in this week’s CRAFT Video. This video tutorial supplements Ladyada’s knitting machine hacking tutorial, which provides more detail on things like making the custom serial cable. Limor and I […]
Frozen Colored Ice for Cocktails
Sean @ Make: Online writes: I love it when people get really, really serious about the preparation of drinks. Beverage and spirits writer Camper English is such a person. He has done some interesting experiments with freezing large pieces of crystal-clear ice at home (he reports boiling it first does not work), and freezing bottles […]
How-To: Hacking the Brother KH-930e Knitting Machine
Limor “Ladyada” Fried and I just finished up a extensive tutorial on hacking the Brother KH-930e knitting machine. We show you how to make your own cable for interfacing with the machine, then how to use it to put custom patterns on the machine without entering them by hand, as I had been doing previously […]
Building a Telegraph from Scratch
Artist and inventor Jamie O’Shea decided to embark on a wilderness experiment to see if he could build a telegraph from materials and tools he finds and makes in the woods. Armed only with modern information (from online, of course), watch as he makes rope, creates fire, and produces copper. He calls the project Immaculate […]
Awesome Star Wars Serenity Prayer Cross-Stitch
Bonnie Burton over at StarWars.com points us to this awesome Star Wars Serenity Prayer cross-stitch sampler project from Flickr user Steotch. Leia’s chain is actually a metalic emrboidery thread, crocheted and woven into the design; and Jabba is complete with little tiny knotted warts. You can purchase the completed sampler from Steotch’s Etsy shop. While […]
Pac Man Pancakes
It’s nice when you can work awesome references to pop culture and video games into your menu. Jennifer Day over on Geek Mom shares how she made these rad Pac Man pancakes for her daughter. I think I’d have an impossible time eating them without making all the sounds from the video game. More: Pancake […]
