HOW TO – Make a Turn Signal Bike Jacket
Leah Buechley has a tutorial up on Instructables on how to make her turn signal bike jacket with Lilypad Arduino. Related: MAKE Blog – Turn Signal Bike Jacket
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Mousepad Couch
Jonah @ MAKE writes: This couch was built from hundreds of old mouse pads that were on their way to the garbage bin since newer optical mice don’t need the pads for traction anymore. Rather than toss them, this maker decided to turn them into a spongy sofa that is perfect for the tech obsessed […]
Laser Cut Text Scarves
Check out these scarves laser cut into letters and numbers. They’re cut from strips of ultrasuede and are available in uppercase, lowercase, and numbers. Via Core77.
Dig Dug Pillows
Found in the CRAFT Flickr Pool: These pillows use fabric pixel magic to recreate the characters from Dig Dug, one of my favorite old video games. I’m glad more people are starting to understand the connection between low-res and high-craft.
10 Minute Light-up Bracelet
Here’s a quickie conductive thread project for those of you looking to get into electronic crafts. Take a sewable mimeolight and incorporate it into a bracelet. In your eleventh minute, figure out a better closure than a binder clip.
Plush Angry Router
I have a soft spot for plush technology, including this soft “Evil Router” by Flickr user craftytails. Via the CRAFT Flickr Pool. Related: Plush Sewn Nintendo Gaming System Boombox Softie Fabric Boombox
Knitting 2.0 Workshop at Thingamajigger in Seattle Tonight
CRAFT friend Beth Goza will be doing a knitting + technology workshop tonight at Thingamajigger called “Knitting 2.0: How ‘Hi-tech meets hand-spun’ is changing the face of this traditional craft”. Her workshop starts at 9:30pm but come early for all the fun beforehand. (Pictured above is a knit jellyfish Beth made from Hansigurumi’s kit.) Beth […]
