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Winner of Tiny Yarn Animals

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:09:10 +0000

Congratulations to Alison Vu from California who’s won Tiny Yarn Animals: Amigurumi Friends to Make and Enjoy by Tamie Snow in our giveaway last Friday. Thanks to everyone who entered!

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Overlocked Duvet Cover

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:09:30 +0000

Marmadaisy made a duvet cover in 2 days by overlocking three strips of fabric together and then cutting them into smaller pieces. It is a pretty clever idea for a patchwork experiment.

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[video] Make A Bomb Bag

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:09:17 +0000

Follow the Steps on this Video to make a Very Loud Bomb Bag, Boom, Boom, Boom!!!! Have Fun!!! Its very simple to do and the results are amazing.

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Dwarven Battle Bonnet Pattern

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:09:48 +0000

The pattern for these Dwarven Battle Bonnets is now available for sale from Wicked Woollens. I’m not sure what exactly a Dwarven Battle Bonnet is, but I am sure that a lot of people will now need one. via The Anti Craft.

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Polystyrene throw airplane

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:09:06 +0000

Airplane from polystyrene fruit/meat plates. Cheap quick fun.

Cut the polystyrene

Cut the edges off the polystyrene plate so that you have a flat rectangular piece.

Draw and cut out plane

Draw and cut out your plane. Use approximate dimensions as per picture. Experiment with different shapes …

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Mimiatures’ Teeny Tiny Polymer Clay Food

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:09:14 +0000

Craftershock posted about these delicious-looking minature polymer clay food by Mimi Chan of Mimiatures. So adorable!

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How to build an A-bomb

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:09:41 +0000

Fascinating tale about 2 students enlisted to see how hard (or easy) it was to make a nuke -

How two students built an A-bomb… It’s one of the burning questions of the moment: how easy would it be for a country with no nuclear expertise to build an A-bomb? Forty years ago in a top-secret project, the US military set about finding out. Oliver Burkeman talks to the men who solved the nuclear puzzle in just 30 months.

…the two amateurs were ironically aided by information published as part of President Dwight Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” program, which spread word of the benefits of non-military nuclear power around the world. And Atoms for Peace was only the most prominent example of a fad for everything nuclear that propelled a huge amount of technical detail into the public domain.

Eventually, towards the end of 1966, two and a half years after they began, they were finished. “We produced a short document that described precisely, in engineering terms, what we proposed to build and what materials were involved,” says Selden. “The whole works, in great detail, so that this thing could have been made by Joe’s Machine Shop downtown.”

How to crochet without the hook

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:09:48 +0000

It’s a Sunday afternoon and you’re bored. You see some yarn and decide to crochet. Then you remember that you don’t have a hook. Well, that puts crocheting out of the picture. Right? Nope.

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If you know how to crochet this should be pretty easy for you. It’s basically having to do what a hoo…

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Happy Labor Day!

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:09:16 +0000

Happy Labor Day Crafters! We are off to enjoy the sun and picnic in the park on this U.S. holiday. Pictured above is the picnic scene from one of my favorite old movies, Picnic starring William Holden and Kim Novak.

Here’s a round up of great recipes and how-to’s for the perfect picnic and BBQ. Enjoy!

Epicurious gives you the essential skills for grilling success in their Grilling 101.

Chow has a recipe to make Kansas City style Thick and Sticky Barbeque Sauce.

Don’t miss also, Chow’s round up with 5 recipies on how to make the Perfect Potato Salad.

Make the yummiest fruit pies with Martha’s recipes for Summer Berry Desserts.

Wash it all down with Indie Fixx’s Labor Day Sangria.

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Tiny Crochet Cthulhu Pattern

Blogsnapper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:09:06 +0000

The Cthulhu has really captured the hearts and minds of the crafting world. Crochet your own with this free tiny Cthulhu pattern from Cthulhu Crochet and Cousins. via Lime & Violet.

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