I’ve been an avid reader of the Thimble blog and was happy to find out that Laural has partnered up with Jen of Toronto Craft Alert to create a new online shop called goodEGG Industries. Laural writes: The shop features the work of Canadian craft designers and carries an eclectic yet finely curated mix of […]
Mark Your Calendars! Next Meeting: Tuesday 27 May 2008 7 PM – 9 PM (ET) ALWAYS FREE! Location: St. Stephen’s Church’s auditorium hosted by HacDC 1525 Newton St NW (near 16th and Newton NW) Washington, DC 20010 NOTE: This meeting will take place at St. Stephen’s Church (thank you HacDC!), and will include an exclusive […]
The Steel Yard in Providence, RI wrote in to let us know that Summer 2008 course registration is open. They’ve got weekend welding, weekend blacksmithing, bike maintenance, and much more: Community Courses are open-enrollment courses that provide instruction and training in a range of industrial and fine arts through intensive short-term workshops and multi-session courses. […]
Bay Area Knitters! Larissa Brown, author of the book Knitalong is having a book signing event at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore (2904 College Ave, Berkeley) on Saturday May 31st at 4pm. Bring your current knitting projects to work on together. Free cloth tote bags will be given away at the signing too!
Here’s an update (and details). to the DVICE, SCIFI.COM and MAKE “Make a Cylon contest” — the are a ton of great entries coming in, keep it up! You know the Cylons — that fanatical race of genocidal robots? There are a bunch of different kinds, from toaster-like automatons to human-looking androids to fighter planes, […]
The Make:Way team finished 33rd out of 97th! The team posted up race details (and more). We did it. Team Make:Way finished the 2008 24 Hours of Lemons race at Altamont raceway. That was our original goal: just finish the race. I’d have considered this all a success if we did that. If we finished […]
Hi Crafters! Lark Books will be publishing a book for Spring 2009 tentatively called The Pillowcase Challenge. The book will feature 30 fabulous projects (by many talented designers) that use repurposed pillowcases, plus plenty of added bits of interest. Lark Books is seeking snapshots of your pillowcase stashes in hopes they might find some real […]
