Crafts 

Clock Knits Scarf as Times Passes -

Designboom reports on this clock made by industrial designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen that knits a scarf as time passes. Designboom says the clock "houses a circular knitting machine with 48 needles, a thread spool, a thread holder and roll of yarn. moving in clockwise direction, one day leads to a complete round, while a year gives users 2 meters of a complete scarf."

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Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EST

How to Knit Baby Alligators -

These little knit baby alligators are simply adorable. Anna of Mochimochi Land shared a free pattern for the baby alligators here. The pattern, as well as other cute patterns, can also be found in the book, Knitting Mochimochi: 20 Super-Cute Strange Designs for Knitted Amigurumi. Be sure to knit more than one so your little baby alligator will have a friend.

(via Craftzine)

Photo: Brandi Simons/Mochimochi Land

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Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:00:00 EST

Make a Papercraft Mac Trashcan -

You can make a papercraft mac trashcan icon for the real world thanks to Codeco. The printable template can be found here (PDF file).

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Sun, 30 May 2010 18:00:00 EST

Adorable Mini Crochet Ewok -

Lucy Ravenscar makes some adorable Star Wars creatures. You can see a bunch of her mini crochet Star Wars characters here on Flickr. She sells the patterns in her shop on Etsy. The pattern for the Ewok pictured above can be found here.

Some people are always hating on the Ewoks, but we love them.

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Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:00:00 EST

C&T Publishing Launches Stash Imprint -

Publishers Weekly reports that C&T Publishing is launching a new imprint called Stash.

Four titles are set for release this fall under the Stash imprint and five in the fall, Marson said, including one-to-two titles per season in the Design Collective line. The launch list will feature Me and My Sewing Machine, City Quilts, Little Birds and Socks Appeal. C&T handles its own sales to quilt and fabric stores and NBN distributes to bookstores.

C&T Publishing has blogged about Stash here. The book covers above are the first four books from the imprint. Love the cute Little Birds cover.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST