This giant octopus is lovingly hand knit by Emily Willmann. It will class up any dorm room or toy bin. This octopus is made from 100% acrylic yarn, and is filled with 100% super soft polyester fibre fill. Octopus number 94 is Caribbean blue, with lime green tentacles, and hand painted green safety eyes. This giant octopus is knit on a pair of needles generally intended for chunky sweaters, so it is truly giant, measuring just over two feet long from tentacle to tentacle — via Etsy
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These squid are lovingly hand knit by Emily Willmann. They have firmly attached hand painted safety eyes. They are made of 100% Peruvian wool yarn, filled with new polyester blend fibre fill. This baby squid is about 17 inches long overall, with contrast color on the inside of all tentacles and arms. #71 is orange with maroon tentacles and hand painted blue safety eyes — via Etsy
This handpainted knobbed double butter dish is as useful as it is pretty. This dish will hold two sticks of butter or even cheese. The plate pattern contrasts with the lid to make a beautiful art piece, which will look great sitting out on your kitchen counter — via Etsy
Brushed stainless steel earring measure 25mm at widest point and 0.3mm rhick. Octopuses are attached to surgical steel posts with a strong adhesive. Titanium butterfly backs are included. Please handle the intricate tentacles with care — via Etsy
Do you ever get the feeling that your Overlord might be watching? Does he approve of your choice in attire? How can you do your part in converting the innocent to the way of the Cepholopod? While we can’t stop the All-Seeing One from smiting you when he takes over the earth, we can help you get on his good side! Nothing says I’m a willing minion
like this adorable polar fleece squid hat — via Etsy
Mosaic piece by piece. An amazing craftsmanship — via Youtube
Daniella fancies herself an interior designer. Don’t be surprised if you catch her hoarding all of the throw pillows! Made of chocolate brown fleece printed with a turquoise damask pattern, Daniella is stuffed to perfection with all the hugs and cuddles you could ask for. Her tentacles are lined with turquoise blue minky, complete with little raised bumps that resemble her would-be suction cups! Her gentle eyes are sewn on fleece patches — via Etsy
Viking sax (short sword) forged from a leaf-spring using primitive knife making techniques and tools — via Youtube
Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie head to Olympia, Washington to see firsthand how master bladesmith, Bob Kramer crafts the perfect kitchen knife from melted meteorite. Kramer is one of only one hundred twenty-two certified master bladesmiths in the US and the only one who specialises in forging the word’s finest kitchen knives — via Youtube
Baby Octopus is made of soft, dark blue tonal fleece, with sort of a hand-dyed look to the fabric. His curling tentacles are lined with turquoise blue dimpled minky, complete with little raised bumps that resemble his would-be suction cups! Baby Octopus is gently stuffed with polyfil, holding all the cuddles you can stand. Baby Octopus has little black plastic safety eyes. Baby Octopus is made from my own design for plush octopi. Because of variations of fabric prints, direction of fabric cut, and hand-sewing, each octopus will be unique! Since Baby Octopus doesn’t have a name, we’ll leave that up to you! Baby Octopus’ body measures about 14 ½ inches around at the largest, his overall length is about 14 inches (from the top of his head to the tip of his toes, with his tentacles uncurled) — via Etsy
Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie head to San Francisco, California to meet with Andrew Hoyem, master typographer and printer of Arion Press. One of the last of its kind, Arion Press has only a handful of members on its staff, all fellow craftsmen dedicated to this age old process. Each works meticulously to create the books in multiple parts, from the typecasters, to the proofreaders, to the printers and the bookbinders. All of these hands build a work of art through a process that must be seen to be believed, and can only, truly, be described as magic — via Youtube
In this project Chris will show you how to make your own precision gyroscope that not only performs superbly, but also makes a fairly impressive desktop ornament. You will be using a wide range of metal working techniques, using both the lathe and mill drill, and Chris will also show you where you can readily source the required materials — via Youtube
In this tutorial the axe body is formed from a piece of hot rolled mild steel which is 0.75” x 2.5” x 4.5” (on the mid-line) and weighs 1070 grams. Think of it as a proxy for a compact chunk of bloom that a Viking blacksmith might have started an axe with — via Instructables
JW Stekervetz‘s method of forging a knife from wire rope — via Youtube
The third attempt at turning a giant jawbreaker — via Youtube
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Yasuo Okazaki is an amazing woodworker that makes naruko kokeshi dolls — via Vimeo
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