Woven Computer Icons
I’m digging these woven computer icons by Micah Schippa, cast under the title “tools at hand” on his site. [via Design For Mankind]
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Stick Weaving
Linda of Natural Suburbia (South Africa) has posted a great step-by-step tutorial for weaving using a ‘Y’ shaped stick as the frame. This seems like a fun activity to do with kids! More: God’s Eye Necklaces
Traditional Arts and Crafts From Around the World
Dr. Carol Ventura, professor of art at Tennessee Technological University, maintains a website that focuses on her research of traditional arts and crafts in The Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. She shares an extensive collection of crafts, each with its own set of process shots of the skilled craftspeople at work, with descriptions of each […]
QR Code Rug
Make a scannable carpet like this QR code rug by Nikolaus Gradwohl. [Thanks, Madelin!] More: CRAFT Video: Machine-Knitted QR Code Scarf
How-To: Book Loom
Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood of CraftSanity shows how you can turn an old book into a weaving loom by pounding nails in to the cover. She even shares a project from a woman named Margaret Jager who created a beautiful shawl from squares woven on her own book loom. Margaret’s response to Jennifer’s question of why Margaret […]
Weaving Up Close with Babajan
Tara Young at Etsy recently got a behind-the-scenes look at the Pets with Fez weaving shop in Los Angeles in this charming video: Master weaver Babajan of the Los Angeles weaving shop, Pets With Fez, wove his first rug at the age of six, a lovely tapestry sampler populated by frogs and turtles. He grew […]
Woven Flower Necklace
I love crafting around with looms and this project by Whitney at The Purl Bee on how to make a woven flower necklace uses Clover’s cute Hana Ami Flower Loom.This looks like a great little project to pick up for fun, portable summer crafting.
