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.
Make fan and all around crafty gal, Dolin “Crochet” O’Shea of lulubliss.com recommends the new crafty book, “Stitch ‘N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker” by Bust Magazine’s Debbie Stoller. She explains, “The sketches and explanation’s are very clear and she shows you exactly how to count the stitches and where to stitch. Other books I […]
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Kevin writes – “Here’s a new, improved version of my duct tape messenger bag I made back at the end of September and October.” – Link. Related: See lots of other duct tape projects – Link.
If you are lucky enough to have the Oxygen Network from your cable provider (I unfortunately don’t have it), don’t miss the new knitting/crafting show “Stitchcraft”. The show is hosted by Lily Chin, author of knit/crochet books extrodinare and known to be the fastest crocheter in the world (She made a sweater for David Letterman […]
Airship writes – “PopSci has a front-page article about a Mexican grandfather who built his own Rocket Pack.” Link and video.
With just 25,511 crochet stitches, Dr. Hinke Osinga and Professor Bernd Krauskopf have created a real-life version of the Lorenz equation. This crochet piece helps us learn more about how chaos arises and is organized in systems as diverse chemical reactions. The work didn’t stop there. The duo challenged others to the test offering a […]
Talking Electronics writes – “A friend of mine who runs an electronic shop wants to install an old cd-rom to be used as a stand alone cd-player in his truck. His problem was to find a suitable power supply for this purpose. A cd-rom uses 2 power supplies, 5 Volts which is used in its […]
