You start with your cords side by side, make two loops and pass the ends through the loops. Then you pull them through a little ways and pass the ends through the next loop. Tighten the whole thing up gradually as you will have to twist and work the loops a little bit as you pull everything taut. After practicing a few times it will be a piece of cake — via Atwood Knives
Knit a giant Lego brick doorstop! The underlying structure is a brick with some bottle caps on top for nubs. What a clever design by lizzyastro — via CRAFT
More crafty Angry Birds goodness for you, this time in the form of plushie toys. Care of Obsessively Stitching has been making these fun plush Angry Bird characters for a while, and has collected tutorials and patterns for each one over on her blog. Enjoy — via CRAFT
This metal rabbit (actually the Stanford Bunny model) is folded from a single laser-cut steel sheet, designed with Origamizer. The project is a collaboration between Tomohiro Tachi, Kenny Cheung, Erik Demaine, and Martin Demaine at MIT — via MAKE
Lauren Porter knitted up this full scale Ferrari replica back in 2006, but I think her ten months of hard labour deserves a fresh mention — via CRAFT
One of our readers, Jimy Soprano, sent us the links to this incredibly inspiring short documentary of classical Japanese metal artist Ford Hallam recreating a lost masterpiece by the 19th century Mito tsuba artist Hagia Katsuhira. Years ago, I went off on a Samurai sword/Iaid? kick and obsessed over every detail of Japanese sword construction, maintenance, and the “moving Zen” of the Iaid? form. This video touched that obsession again.
The tsuba
is the decorative sword guard, and like every other piece of a samurai sword, it’s work of art in and of itself. This video documents Ford Hallam being commissioned to create a tsuba for a Katana (long) sword to match an existing tsuba created by Hagia Katsuhira for a wakazashi (short sword). The painstaking, precise nature of the work is rather dizzying — via MAKE
Deep Orange plush toy from our OCTI-PLUSH collection. The body of the plushie is about 3 1/4 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches tall. The legs are 2 1/4 inches long. All 100% handmade, quality craftsmanship — via CuteStorm
Hi! I am a Chambered Nautilus, one of the world’s living fossils!
I am 15 inches long, from the tips of my tentacles to the back of my shell. I am plush and very huggable! I am made from felt and a fuzzy cotton print. I would prefer that you not put me in a washing machine, I will get very sick — via Etsy
Make a stitch, take a picture, repeat! A tremendous amount of work must have been involved to bring you this delightful stop-motion construction of an amigurumi friend — via CRAFT
Hi! I am a handmade squid doll! I want to share the secrets of the universe with you! Please don’t put me in the washing machine, I get motion sickness! May the many tentacles of happiness embrace you!
I am about 19 inches long from the very tip of my funnel to the end of my long tentacle — via Etsy
Hi! I am a handmade squid doll! I want to share the secrets of the universe with you! Please don’t put me in the washing machine, I get motion sickness! May the many tentacles of happiness embrace you!
I am about 19 inches long from the very tip of my funnel to the end of my long tentacle — via Etsy
I love these oversized pom poms that are made from strips of old t-shirts. Linda of Craftaholics Anonymous shows you how to use the traditional method of pom pom making with some recycled materials to create these large, whimsical pom poms — via CRAFT
These are created with polymer clay and painted with acrylic paints. They have a few layers of thick protective glaze on them — via Etsy
This Crochet Puppet Scarf is seriously adorable. I know what my niece is getting for her birthday — via CRAFT
In this week’s CRAFT Video, Meg Allan Cole and I took a trip to Brooklyn’s She-Weld studio for a special blacksmithing lesson from Alex Himmelbaum. He showed us how to taper and decoratively curl the end of a steel rod and rivet it to a hammered backplate. It’s the burliest paper towel holder we’ve seen, forged from hot steel. Head over to CRAFT for more photos — via MAKE
have you ever dreamed of being entombed in the sunken city of R’lyeh?
rising from the depths of the Pacific ocean to evoke terror on the world?
being Cthulhu, one of H.P Lovecrafts most well known characters, the high priest to the Great Old Ones?
A horrific combination of octopus, dragon, and human characteristics that can instill fear with just one look?
then this is the ski mask for you! — via Etsy
June Gilbank made a crocheted presentation of Discworld in the amigurumi style. When Sir Terry Pratchett saw this work, he commented Well, if you’re going to crochet Discworld then that’s the way to do it
— via Neatorama
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