Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category
20
Sep
We had heard conflicting reviews about the Yudu system when it first came out. Some good and some bad. After Blas saw it in Action at Maker Faire we took the plunge and signed up for an account with Provocraft. We’re excited to report that the Yudu has been successful for us. We placed our [...]
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26
Jun
Anna of Mochimochi Land has done it again. She created the more adorable pattern for knit weeds…the dreaded enemy of the gardener never looked so adorable!
The free pattern is available here on her blog:
http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2009/06/free-pattern-weeeds/
You can also get the PDF version of the pattern from CRAFT:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/06/craft_pattern_podcast_weeeds.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954
Picture property of Anna – Mochimochi Land
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29
Apr
Ever wonder how wool felt is made? Felt is very easy to make given the right circumstances. Wool is a very strong and stretchy fiber. When you get wool hot, wet and add pressure (rubbing and rolling it) it shrinks and becomes felt! In this class you will be learn to make [...]
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25
Apr
We’re going to break from fiber related posting for an aside into the world of crafting food. It can be said they we are both big Hayao Miyazaki fans. We even visited the Ghibli Museum while we were in Tokyo. You can’t take pics inside the museum…hence the boring entrance sign picture. Let us assure [...]
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21
Mar
Thank you to all the people who are answering our survey. You ROCK! Sounds like a lot of folks are interested in Needle Felting and Beginning wheel spinning. It reminded me of the great segment above from Knitting Daily. I saw this the other day while looking around the Spin Off website. Liz started on [...]
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