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“Sister” Diane Gilleland’s project guide to weaving without expensive equipment, Weaving Un-Loomed, comes to us as an e-book, elegantly situating itself somewhere between environmental consciousness and convenience. It starts up with an introduction to weaving’s concepts and terms, then inspires you with pattern ideas and material choices. The five projects inside really do have something […]
Sean @ MAKE points us to this entire chess set made entirely from chainmail. David Austin writes: One of the first important decisions I made was what wire size to use. I decided that in order to fully articulate the style of traditional chess pieces I was going to have to use thin wire and […]
Mark has been working on variations of this electric violin for a few months now at the Boston Fab Lab. For Friday’s Learn 2 Teach Project Exposition, he got it into a playable condition and demonstrated it to visitors at the South End Technology Center. He used Open Office Draw to design the files, and […]
Garth Johnson and Jeanee Ledoux have paired up to bring you an instructional DVD of eco-friendly craft projects called Re-Construct. The DVD format is really fresh, and watching Garth and Jeanee is captivating and quite relaxing at the same time. They are both talented artists whose unique personalities come through, complement one another, and keep things interesting. Their tone and format is so natural and casual it feels like they’re hanging out in your living room teaching you how to make cool green crafts.
Crochet Adorned:Reinvent Your Wardrobe with Crocheted Accents, Embellishments, and Trims by Linda Permann Web Site: LindaMade We are so excited to be a part of Linda Perman’s blog tour for her new book Crochet Adorned! I’d like to call myself a natural born knitter but in the last few years while working at CRAFT, I’ve […]
Cool Tools has a review up for The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay and Neil Ardley, which has just been added to my wish list. The striking and explanatory illustrations show you how even very complicated things work in a simple and fun way.
Remember the “The Manga Guide to Statistics” ? Hack a Day reviews The Manga Guide to Electricity… fun! “The Manga Guide to Electricityâ€, part of “The Manga Guide†series by No Starch Press, is a novel approach to the old problem of getting over the initial mental block when trying to learn electronics. We decided […]
