Fiber artists, unite! Knit, crochet, spin, felt, and anything else fiber related you like…even get tips from others on your latest project!! This happens EVERY Tuesday night (Yes that’s tonight!) from 6 to 8pm at the Etsy Labs (325 Gold St. 6th Floor. Brooklyn, SUBWAY: A/C/F to Jay St., B/M/Q/R to DeKalb.) It’s free and […]
Here’s a fun, quick video for the morning. Breakfast cereal Shreddies (UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand) shows how their cereal is really made — from knitting nanas! So cute. Thanks Sam!
CRAFT & MAKE Publisher Dale Dougherty writes: In the Sunday New York Times, I read the article titled “Where the Crafts Babes and D.I.Y. Dudes Are.” This Sunday Styles article, was about the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn but the author sadly made a choice to let her snide opinions get in the way of […]
This past weekend at FOO Camp at the O’Reilly offices, Arwen and I helped people refashion their own t-shirts. I worked closely with 11 year old Claire to help her sew up a t-shirt tote complete with tiny apple embroidery trim. Arwen made her own FOO camp undies and we had a host crafty folks […]
I love the site MY MY and now it is also a small boutique in Pennsylvania! Owner Taryn Hipp decided to celebrate MY MY’s 3rd birthday by opening up shop at 15 Byberry Road in Hatboro, PA. The small shop features handmade clothing, jewelry, fanzines, purses & more by over 100 indie crafters, artists & […]
You may have seen or heard of Jimbo’s wonderful hand-carved crochet hooks (we featured him in the Curio section of CRAFT Volume 01; look out for his hook carving DIY in the upcoming issue of CRAFT, Volume 04, due out next month). Now he’s added a new twist, by creating a hook for Hooking for […]
Garth of Extreme Craft has an interesting follow up story to the quilters of Gee’s Bend and the person who discovered them, Bill Arnett. Garth writes: Quilter Annie Mae Young, who created some of the most iconic works to come out of Gee’s Bend, filed a lawsuit last week aimed at Bill Arnett and his […]
