From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Really, its too good to be true — a fun, big, felted squid hat! Made by crafty lady Denise and shown here in its large prefelting glory. As you can see here having a knitted squid is handy when you need a few extra blog entries. Want to make one yourself? Follow this pattern. Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Jonny McPicsnstuff posted up his first pinhole camera project along with some really nice photos – “Made out of a sponge bob squarepants tin I had laying around (I think a watch? came in it…no idea). The design was inspired by the Matchbox Pinhole Camera. Very Fun! I calculated with […]
Here’s a low tech drawing cup project, might be fun to make a few dozens of these and let them loose – “Diane once taught a class in which a young student came up with the idea of attaching pens and a motor to a cup. Diane liked how the pens work as “legs” for […]
Spark Fun has the new Blueye Bluetooth MP3 cellular bridge with moddable firmware – “The Blueye from Mavizen connects via a wired connection to any MP3 player with a 3.5mm audio jack. The Blueye then wirelessly connects to your Bluetooth enabled cell phone. When an incoming call is detected, the music is muted and a […]
Ken writes “WEP password, meet oil landscape. Recycle that old painting into a functional piece of tech decor. Keep your network protected while your house guests can surf the ‘net and admire art.” – Link.
Leah of Craftster.org pointed me to some cool looking chemistry symbol knit baby blocks. The blocks were created by Elspeth as a gift to her Chemistry professor and his expectant wife. A great way to practice intarsia knitting! Link.
Andreq has a great Instructable servo project – “Have you ever dreamed to have an orbitcam or any other Pan/Tilt webcam control? Here it is! With this made from scratch Servo Pod, you can now control your webcam (or wifi antenna ?) by the palm of your hand or even remotly with a web server.” […]
