Lyra’s Knit Hood
I love movie inspired knits! More cute hood action for the movie, “The Golden Compass”. Lion Brand now has a free knitting pattern for you to knit up in children and adult sizes. Link. Related: Golden Compass Hat – Link.
Kids & Family
Nursery Mobile
Orange Beautiful made this mobile for a baby’s nursery. The graphic shapes and icons are mostly just fonts like Zapf Dingbats and Webdings and each card is backed with chiyogami paper. Link.
Hooded Kids Towel Tutorial
Cindy of Skip to My Lou shows you how to make a kid’s hooded towel in her sewing tutorial. Makes a good holiday gift! Link.
Softies for Mirabel at Meet Me at Mike’s
Meet Me at Mike’s just posted photos of their window display for the Softies for Mirabel campaign. Meet Me at Mike’s has been collecting softies to give to the Mirabel Foundation as part of their Christmas Toy Appeal. The window display includes toys handmade from all over the world and will be up for one […]
Cuttlefish Softie
I made this plush cuttlefish for my niece, who’s 1.5 years old. Her mom’s a marine ecologist, so why not encourage her propensity towards a nautical theme? My sister, brother in-law, and niece travel a lot, so I included a security handle, good for strapping the toy to a backpack or stroller. – Link.
Homebrew — My Lego UAV
Just give it GPS waypoints, take it off manually, then flick a switch on the R/C transmitter, and this fully functional UAV flies to the coordinates you’ve entered.
Fabric Cubby House
Melissa Goodsell of One Crafty Mumma made a fabric cubby house to perfectly cover a tabletop so her kids can play inside. What a great idea! Link.
