ok, this IS off the hook

from off the hook astronomy
star trek potholder pattern!!!

pic from the off the hook link above


via

whipup has a roundup of past tutorials

that are going to be wonderful for gift making and giving


kath_red

here's but one: friendship necklaces image and tutorial on that one by honestly wtf (great name, no? great name  YES). i've actually linked to this one before, but i LOVE it, so i'll do it again.

oh man SERIOUS want

i did post another video a while back of mr bucket's work

Fluid-filled dress knit from plastic tubes
 Maggie Koerth-Baker

Fluid Dress from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Charlie Bucket

last week

the ny times had an INTERACTIVE VEGETARIAN thanksgiving


this week it's wapo's turn with a VEGAN thanksgiving! at the end of the article there are some vegan recipes

Vegan potluck celebrates a meat-free Thanksgiving

pic: Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Poolesville, run by executive director Terry Cummings, hosts an annual vegan potluck each year. Hundreds of people come and interact with the farm's "retired animals." (man, that's a HUGE oinker!)

and:

More than 500 vegan bloggers have joined forces to post daily recipes, observations and sources in November on the Web site Vegan MOFO (or Vegan Month of Food) at veganmofo.wordpress.com.

craftzine points us over to this wicked cool

woven paint chip credit card holder by mark montano, he of the big ass book of crafts fame

 pics: the book pic is from amazon, linked above and the paint chip credit card holder pic is from mr montano's diy also linked above

via craft

get out your needle and threads and canvas for this craftzine link

anSpace Invaders Christmas Cross-Stitch  Posted by Rachel Hobson

............Flickr user even-star created and posted this fun Space Invaders Christmas cross-stitch chart. Get started now to make one for each of your geeky pals this holiday season! [via Mr. X Stitch] ..........

i drink more coffee than water

so you can imagine, i have a TON o' coffee cans. crafting a green world gives us 

five awesome coffee can projects

pic from the crafting a green world diy link above

i don't know if you've ever been to the sites of Marilyn Scott-Waters

known as the toymaker
there are a TON of free paper toys you can make at the first linked site. they are for ALL occasions. they're lovely and fun and pretty and cool and kids AND adults covet them. 

the toymaker's journal

she has a new book out

The Toymaker's Christmas: Paper Toys You Can Make Yourself [Paperback]

in yesterday's nyt

they have a interactive vegetarian thanksgiving piece

it is by NO means vegan, but a couple recipes are and the rest COULD be made vegan quite easily. give it a look

i'm ALL over the winter squash, onion and pine nut pizza

pic from the nyt piece linked above

ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: i have

ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: i have

my dreams have been answered!!!

i don't want to spend the money on one (they're fairly EXPENSIVE for what they are). this seems fairly easy to make - so i'm going to try
this instructable!
Make Your Own Yarn Winder for Center Pull Balls

by handprints

pic from  handprints 

  instructable linked above

crafting a green world has

a pretty cool posting on how to....aromatherapy play-dough
Julie Finn

pic from the posting linked above

know what these are?

i didn't until i looked at the second picture on the craftzine posting for making these center pieces

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu
pic from craftzine

please stop by and check out the

jewelry and other work of harriete estel berman





extraordinarily beautiful

AND

all made out of recycled materials (well the jewelry is)

i'd love to own a piece (or five)

pic from ms berman's website and the piece is Round Scalloped Bracelet 2007

dances with wools hooks us up to

the bayeux tapestry

watch it. it's pretty damn amazing

martha has a BUNCH of

snowflake decorations for YOU to make

pic from martha stewart's link above

from katheryn ivy

pattern for knitted (and felted) mushrooms (caps and stems to mix and match no less!!!) (as you know i be lovin' me some shrooms. not only to eat, but to decorate with as well)

picture from kathryn ivy
in looking around their site, i also found some wicked GOOD prices on malabrigo (my personal favorite yarn of ALL time). their store is mr yarn. the prices are so good, i just placed an order my own darn self! (knitting those neckwarmers like CRAZY for holiday gifts you know)

found via ANOTHER great blog: a polar bear's tale

wow, i LOVE this box made from a recycled aluminum can!

dangerous minds links us up so  you can make one too

loads o' good stuff on

whipup of late. i ESPECIALLY have some hard love forrap/">this braided t shirt yarn headwrap. which is from sew home grown

LOVE LOVE LOVE this

(pic from sew home grown)

and here's the etsy shop of sew home grown

ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: If you're wondering where I am

ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: If you're wondering where I am

i'm a sucker for cowls and neckwarmers and the like

the anticraft has a GREAT one up now

cafe au laine

by Simone Van Iderstine

pic from the anticraft linked above

note: cowls and neckwarmers are EASY to knit and quick (as a rule). the holidays are coming up and they make GREAT gifts.

i'm diggin this and

i'll bet it wouldn't be that hard (OR expensive) to make (i'd NOT have them sharpened)


Shelf made from pencil crayons  
(made by: Dominic Wilcox)

Cory Doctorow 

this is what i'm working on now

holes and bobbles and a few short rows thrown in for good measure. increases and decreases. no particular pattern, just winging it. i'm going to do a few more inches and make sure i end up with (well a few rows BEFORE the end) a row of holes. i'm going to then sew some beads on the right side and felt it (in a pillowcase in the washer. i'm far too lazy to do it manually). then i'll sew a few buttons on to match the end holes and voila, A NECKWARMER! if it comes out half way decently, i'm going to give it as a christmas gift. if not, well it's all mine! it too is done in kauni effektgarn

quite a difference from the kauni rainbow shawl i'm also working on (NO NO NO, i'm NOT done with that either)

happy you know what

dreaminparis:
‘GHOULS NIGHT OUT’ (artwork) left to right: Morticia: Carolyn Jones (The Addams Family TV series), Vampira: Maila Nurmi (the original Late Night TV Hostess/ Plan 9 from Outer Space) Lily Munster : Yvonne DeCarlo (The Munsters TV series and films) Morticia: Angelica Houston (Addams; Family movies) seated Elvira: Cassandra Peterson (Late Night TV hostess, Elvira movies, Halloween hostess).

via

wow

crafting a green world has a posting on

five things  you can make from scarves

Maria Dryden 

pic from the posting linked above

this is a BEAUTIFUL (and unusual)

welcome wreath. this is something i would LOVE to hang on my door or wall. i LOVE it

Autumn Wreath

by Heather Powers

(pic from the tutorial at art bead scene)

from duo fiberworks

an enormously cute knitting (and then felted) pattern for halloween. you should be checking their blog out regularly ANYWAY

Last-minute free Halloween knitting pattern, Jack O'Lantern

pic from duo fiberworks

their shop hedgehog lane (i'm super partial to the gnome home pattern)

ok, i'm in LOVE with this

skeleton wreath craftzine turned me on to

BUT

it's from

mega spooky
pic is from there as well

didn't have a whole heck of a lot of time to peruse it, but i did check out some of it. MAN, this is MY kind o' blog. glad i happened across it

oh yeah! (from whipup)

live fast die pretty – cross stitch pattern 

 

from download the pattern from  pieknits

(pic from pieknits)

here are ten craft ideas (from crafting a green world

for a thrifted tea set!

...........

2. Teacup Candles

Design Sponge shows us how to make beautiful teacup candles that are a breeze to make and would look great in any room of your house........


 top pic from the crafting a green world posting linked above

next pic from the actual design*sponge posting (idea #2)

craftzine hooks us up with

THE most amazingly cute TEENY TINY knit pattern:

candy corn from mochimochi land
pic from the craftzine posting (but it's from mochimochi land)

..............................Here's a sugar-free way to enjoy your candy corn this Halloween. I must admit that I have a bit of an addiction to these little treats. Now you can knit these tiny candy corn thanks to Mochimochi Land's free knitting pattern. Knit up a bowlful!...................

from my science project

how to preserve a pumpkin

pic from the article at my science project linked above

(found via)

here are some of the vegan (and mostly vegan)

blogs i read on a regular basis

chez cayenne

delectably free


have cake will travel

just hungry (not vegan or vegetarian but japanese. lots of vegan stuff though)

seitan is my motor

fatfree vegan kitchen

vegan yum yum (also an ipod app and it's FREE FREE FREE)

i may have posted this before

but it's worth another post 

how to make yarn out of t-shirts  by

Stefanie Japel

check out

cathie filian's etsy store

then zombie walk on over to her blog for halloween witchcrafts!



picture from cathie fillian's creepy china ball lamps diy

these sure don't look like paper flowers to me

they're lovely. just lovely

from how about orange

How to make recycled paper flowers

 

picture from the tutorial at how about orange linked above

mixed media artist

has a giveaway .... for

colorful aluminum jewelry

in case you don't win the giveaway.....here is the amazon link

pic from amazon linked above

from design*sponge

these are wonderful!

wool felt potholders

pic from the tutorial at design sponge linked above

i forgot to mention all the new

fall knitty patterns are up

get a load of THIS pattern:
(as a personal note, i would LOVE to knit this. as a personal note, i know i'd start crying within the first 15 minutes)

scareisle 

by Lorraine Condotta

pic from the scareisle pattern linked above
photos: Lorraine Condotta

i could do this!!!

and what a GREAT idea too. plus i'm addicted to scarves and scarfettes and cowls and neck warmers.
from whip up
cool weather refashion with cheri

pic from the whip up tutorial linked above

monet 2010

click you won't be sorry. i promise you

via

glove to chipmonk

in a few easy steps!

from dinner for mouschi
such clever clever clever people out there!
found via

dino deliciousness

via

i'll be right back. just gotta get my maple syrup (REAL)

(jim's pancakes)

wendell mcshine: the offering

THE OFFERING from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.

via

if you're not a facebook fan of

fusion beads you SHOULD be!

they have a cute little pumpkin bracelet up (instructions) (rain falling on pumpkins)

pic from fusion beads

dollar store crafts

shows us a roundup of halloween wreaths

one of my favorites? (although i love them ALL) is nevermore (pic from the tutorial at the link). man do i LOVE RAVENS!!!

anyway, check out ALL of the wreaths. wicked wicked wicked cool

oh dang but this is very cool

frombeading arts (pic from there as well)

the autumn vines pearl necklace. i'm not a fan of pearls as a rule, but i LOVE this

cool, or should i say, neat-o?

H2EAU Carafe and Glass

not a diy.............. but from the etsy shop of

peeko apparel

komo neck garland scarf

 

pic from the etsy shop  linked above

found via

mucho scarf love from me

i'm diggin' this from elizabeth abernathy

Tutorial: Tea Box Notebook

pic from ms abernathy's tutorial linked above

via totally tutorials

how about orange is having a giveaway

for a silhouette digital cutter

check out the link above if you'd like to enter!
pic from the how about orange link above

craftstylish shows us how to

crochet a rag rug out of tee shirts  by  cal patch, contributor

pic from the tutorial at craftstylish linked above

leethal over at whipup!!!

2010 guest blogging series: Leethal knitting 

 

pic is from the whipup guest blogger series linked above. it's leethal's skoodlet (any guage, any yarn, customized.....)

ok ok ok, i'm diggin' this bat-mobile!

diy By Kami Bigler

pic from kami's tutorial at craftzine linked above

crafting a green world

has a posting on the many uses of pumpkin seeds by Maria Dryden

 (i LOVE me some punkin' y'all)

pic from the crafting a green world posting linked above

an instructable

for some wicked cool light up leggings (wow some serious want here!)

by Carleyy


pic from the instructable by Carleyy linked above