— via Youtube
Here’s a summer project you’ll definitely want to try your hand at — a macrame-wrapped chair by Alison Allen. Give your patio a summer-ready makeover with a colourful macrame folding chair. It’s a fun, inexpensive way to makeover an aluminium frame, and it’s sure to command attention at your BBQ. Follow the pattern or create your own design, and don’t be afraid to go as bold as you like. Take extra care to make sure the cord doesn’t get twisted as you wrap by keeping your skein under the chair while you work — via Mollie Makes
This awesome crochet amigurumi Exorcist playset from Ravelry user, Croshame, is tagged for Halloween, but I think this film icon carries the pop culture street cred to be whipped up no matter the holiday — via MAKE: Craft
Ryan McAmis, an artist from Brooklyn, New York, is designing and building a miniature, scale model of a late Gothic Italian Cathedral, recreating everything from the stained glass windows to the vaulted ceiling, wall tombs and paintings. He first creates the pieces from a variety of materials, ranging from hand scribed brickwork on treated paper, to clay and wood. He then combines the materials together and creates a silicon mould, casting each piece in white plastic to be hand painted later — via ArchDaily
This video shows how Phil made the edge bevel with a hand file and then quenched the blade as part of the heat treatment process — via Youtube
For my project, I wanted to recreate The Fifth Element stones that were used to kill the evil
in the weapon chamber in Egypt. It was evident that the movie versions were made out of polystyrene, but I wanted mine to be a bit more durable and long lasting, and so I ended up manufacturing them out of wood. Also, following my own rules on prop creation, I decided to turn them into functional pillar candle holders that I could use to decorate my dinner table during gatherings, as a conversation piece, or simply as an everyday accent — via Instructables
The sticky blood used in horror films of this period became known as Kensington Gore — a jokey reference to the London street of the same name. While Hammer’s special recipe remains obscure, Mark demonstrates his own favourite method.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of Golden Syrup
- 1 cup of Water
- 10 teaspoons of Red food colouring
- A few drops of Blue food colouring
- A few drops of Yellow food colouring
- 10 tablespoons of Corn Flour
- Mint flavouring — to taste
— via Youtube
I put together a fun tutorial for you: DIY Totoro Plush Tutorial. It’s a little different than the Totoros I made earlier, but still just as cute. The pattern I created is more simple and the materials are cheap and easy to find. The finished plush will be 6.5″ wide and 8″ tall (not including ears or arms). I hope you find this tutorial enjoyable and make a Totoro plush for yourself or as a gift — via cheek and stitch
Very old wrench turned into a knife — via Youtube
A metal scriber is one of those shop tools that you reach for all the time, without thinking. It’s essential for marking out your project lines on metal, and it comes in very handy as a pick or scraper too — via Youtube
Lawn darts are illegal in the US, and in several other countries too. They got banned because children died from accidental hits to the head.
But are they really lethal? We were set to find out. No problem legally, as we are in Germany where lawn darts are unregulated. Also, we tested homemade versions in order to compare. Last not least, we built a launcher that is chambered for the heavy (110-140gm) arrows
— via Youtube
What if Lovecraft work in Studio Ghibli? Kutuleras brings you the answer! Here’s this lovely but strange creature — via Etsy
This one’s for all the mermaid lovers out there who always wanted their own tail. The top part is a lapghan
(small afghan) blanket and the bottom cocoons around your feet.
I tried buying a pattern for a mermaid tail but it was just awful. So, I came up with this pattern using a 5-double-crochet shell stitch that looks a lot like fish scales — via Make:
If you think about tools that we use today that are passed down from ancient people, the knife, or possibly a modern version of the spear might come to mind. Lying somewhere between those two implements in the modern-day usefulness is the awl. Made out of bone in ancient times, the basic purpose of an awl is to pierce a piece of heavy material in order to stitch it. I’ve repaired part of a sailboat with mine and tested it out on the cardboard box that it came in. One of those was much more useful than the other, which I’m sure you can figure out. So how do you use one of these monster-needles? — via Make:
Phil forges the final blade shape, finishes the drop-point, and normalises the steel — via Youtube
This film shows Emiko Matsuda from Foster & Son crafting a bespoke brogue from start to finish — via Youtube
Part of a crowdfunding project on Makuake.com, these limited-edition woodblock prints, officially licensed by Lucasfilm, were designed by artist Masami Ishikawa, engraved by master engravers, and hand printed by a master printer — via Youtube
Early versions of Hobbes were very cartoony, and things like the shape of the nose and the number and placement of stripes were not always consistent. His proportions also appear to have changed slightly over the years. Later versions were crisp, clean and very consistent in the features. I based my Hobbes doll off of pictures that appear in the later strips.
To create the pattern, I broke the doll down into separate basic shapes. After some trial and error, I had a pattern that yielded all the needed body parts that fit together to my liking.
This pattern requires creating and stuffing all of the different body parts separately, hand stitching them all in place, and then hand stitching all of the stripes in place individually.
If that wasn’t completely clear, this project requires a ton of hand stitching. You’ve been warned! — via Instructables
Skilled superfan Kjetil Nordin spent 800 hours over six years crocheting this amazing blanket that features a screenshot of the map of World 1 from Super Mario Bros 3.
This incredibly detailed piece of crochet has all the fun little features and figures found on the Super Mario Bros 3 world map, including a lurching Hammer Bros and a cry for help coming from the castle — via Neatorama
Handmade, stuffed fox toy with red body. Her tail is painted with white textile-dye. 40cm tall. Made of linen, stuffed with polyfill (the colour may vary). The eyes are hand-embroidered, the nose is a button. She has a nice red-white striped scarf — via Etsy
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