Tracy Widdess of Brutal Knitting recently completed and exhibited these amazingly huge knitted illustrations that she produced with her Brother knitting machine. More: MAKE | Boar's Head Balaclava MAKE |...
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Thursday October 4th, 2012 10:00 AM
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Dutch artist Noortje de Keijer decided to go ahead and knit herself a boyfriend and then she lovingly documented her domestic life with him. [via lustik] More: MAKE | Mini...
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Wednesday October 3rd, 2012 7:00 AM
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I’ll admit that until today, I had never wondered what an exploding ball of yarn looks like. But then I happened upon this image and animated GIF in Alan Sailor‘s...
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Wednesday September 26th, 2012 12:12 PM
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Book Review: Harvesting Color by Rebecca Burgess Review by Meara O’Reilly I recently experimented with using the oxalis plant (more commonly known as the weed sourgrass) to dye some towels a bright...
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Wednesday September 19th, 2012 2:00 PM
These surprisingly realistic knitted banana peels were created by flickr user alzi23. I think a whole rug made of these might be nice to walk on. More: Knitted Butcher Shop...
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Wednesday August 29th, 2012 12:00 PM
Feltmaker Gladys Paulus creates all sorts of felted works, including these amazing felted animal masks. [via lustik]
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Tuesday August 28th, 2012 11:00 AM
This stunning carpet is one of several works by Azerbaijanian artist Faig Ahmed, whose work, “explores [the] composition of a traditional Azerbaijanian carpet by disjointing its structure and placing its...
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Friday August 24th, 2012 7:00 AM
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Pokémon enthusiast eponases stoically spent 8 months creating this epic cross-stitched piece, which includes all 151 original Pokémon. [via neatorama] More: Cross-Stitched Final Fantasy III Monopoly Board @Craftzine.com blog Internet...
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Wednesday August 22nd, 2012 12:00 PM
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I think these hand embroidered illustrations by Sam Gibson are a terrific example of the way embroidery can add a great handmade aesthetic to almost any imagery. [via books, paper,...
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Tuesday August 21st, 2012 11:00 AM
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Artist Aaron Merrigan used cross-stitching and digital embroidery to make this beautiful tapestry of the BBC Ceefax pages. For the past 38 years BBC Ceefax Pages have provided the nation...
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Thursday August 16th, 2012 10:00 AM
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Over the weekend I came across this amazing latch-hooked portrait of Christopher Walken (caution: NSFW language and an obscene amount of “Walken” puns) created by the wife of redditor NastyCanasta....
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Monday August 13th, 2012 7:00 AM
Behold this incredible “Glitch Embroidery” by Nukeme, including a MAKE shirt from MAKE Japan. These works are made by sending ‘Glitched’ image data to an electronic sewing machine that embroiders...
Posted by Andrew Salomone | Wednesday August 8th, 2012 7:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Craft | 3 Comments
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