Craft

Press molds are a great way to make polymer clay jewelry with a lot of detail much faster. In this lens I show you via videos how I made a press mold of a sculpted cameo that I made and then press several pendants using it — via Squidoo

The best of all the homemade Twinkie recipes we tried, these organic vegan twinkie cakes will knock even the most conventional meat-eater’s socks off. As you might remember from our Great Twinkie Taste Off, the following recipe comes from this review which was too provocative to ignore. As the winner of the challenge, these Twinkie cakes have earned their own complete Instructable. It’s no small undertaking, but the resulting cakes are so delightful, you won’t begrudge a moment of effort, and your friends will be begging you for more — via Instructables

A hard shelled mold with a squishy interior that captures and works well with undercuts. Capture the finest details from any object you wish to replicate with this sturdy mold process. Silicone is USUALLY self-releasing from almost any casting material, from stone to resin to low-temp metal (350 degrees max.) — via Instructables

The Oblong Knot is a rectangular variation of the Chinese Cloverleaf Knot. I followed the instructions from 'The Complete Book of Decorative Knots' by Geoffrey Budworth, using some olive drab paracord to tie the knot — via Stormdrane

Well, I thought since the produce bag was something I just made up real quick I should post the pattern. I am sure there are way better ones out there, but most of them end up decreasing at the end to get a smaller opening, but I wanted mine large so leafy stuff that I buy in multiple little bunches could poke out, like baby broccoli or bok choy. So here is the pattern, just in case you want to make a couple as well — via Oh the Cuteness!

Ever want to make a bunny rug? How about a huge world map? Noah at Instructables shows us how to transfer an image to any surface with a projector.

The Celtic button knot looks like the lanyard knot, but is tied with a single working end. I find them useful as a decorative stopper/terminal knot and finishing the ends of lanyard strands. Here’s a short video on tying them, and another link that also shows a sliding version for use with an adjustable necklace/neck lanyard — via Stormdrane

The smaller a dog is, the harder it is to find them a harness that will fit them properly. This tutorial will show you how to make a custom fitting small dog harness using grosgrain ribbon. The materials used for this harness are suitable for small dogs weighing 10 pounds and under only! If you want to make this style of harness for a larger dog you must use a sturdier material like nylon webbing — via Instructables

June Gilbank made this cuddly and posable crochet orangutan, and shows us some of the inner workings of his articulated body — via Instructables

I’ve been researching information about darning socks, and lo and behold I found what I was looking for in a back issue of Interweave Knits. It’s good to know I’ll have this technique on hand just in case I need to mend my Party Socks in a year or so.

This was a bit of an experiment to see if I could manage something like Reese’s king size cups. I don’t really like these things but my sister does and they’re hard to find in the UK (and expensive). A fairly simple task I thought – chocolate, peanut butter, sugar. Reese’s list the ingredients as milk chocolate, peanuts, sugar, salt (& preservative) — via Instructables

I think I’ve finally found the definitive method to give the best possible finish to a closed piece in amigurumi. It works almost like a Magic Ring (and we all know how good that is!) so that’s why I’ve named this technique the Ultimate Finish for amigurumi — via PlanetJune

Get these beautiful printable CD cases by Tomoko Suzuki for Canon. You can choose from 2 designs: music and travel — via CRAFT

According to Fearless Knitting Workbook author and knitting teacher Jennifer Seiffert, the cable cast-on produces a strong and stretchy edge. It is worked with just the working yarn end, so it can be used to cast on stitches mid-project, such as at the end of a row where you have only one strand of yarn to work with. (And according to me, it’s perfect for the one-row buttonhole!) — via Knitting Daily

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