Craft & Design

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.

KnitPro Needlecraft Art Show

KnitPro Needlecraft Art Show

The winners have been announced for the recent KnitPro Needlecraft Art Show! Thanks to Cat for inviting me to be a judge. KnitPro, as you know, is a great online software app that turns your ordinary designs and digital photos into a useful pattern grid for any needlecraft project such as knitting or needlepoint. All […]

Video lighting on the cheap

Video lighting on the cheap

Technical Video Rental has some tips on cheap video lighting for the how to series they’re making – “The most important part of a good how-to video is the content, but even if the content is great the video quality can make a big difference in how useful that content is to the viewer. An […]

Shoes made from grocery bags

Shoes made from grocery bags

MLeak writes – “”Make” mag had linked to some cool stuff about crocheting totes out of old bags, and I started a couple of those, but I didn’t have enough bags in the right colors to finish them. I decided I couldn’t wait for grocery day before I could continue crocheting, so in the meantime […]