This week's CRAFT Video Podcast comes courtesy of the fine folks at Skates.com where Luanne Teoh and Richard Humphrey show us how to build a pair of roller skates as featured in our current issue of CRAFT: 07! Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunes To celebrate the new shoe issue of CRAFT Magazine vol 7, Skates.com is giving our CRAFT readers a 15% discount from now until June 6, 2008. The coupon code is CRAFT07. If you'd like a pair of custom skates built for you, just send Skates.com the shoes of your choice or choose the boots you'd like. Note: The 15% only applies to the our Custom Skates/Build Your Own category. The 15% is taken of the price of the product before tax and shipping. From the pages of CRAFT Magazine, volume 07: "Roll Baby Roll!" by Luanne Teoh Richard Humphrey, pgs 62-65. Subscribers can read the article in our Digital Edition. Subscribe to CRAFT Magazine and save 42% off the cover price. One year brings you 4 quarterly issues for just $34.95 / year (U.S.). [Read More] [Comments]

MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes Hi Crafters! The Maker Faire is just around the corner, happening on May 3 4 at the San Mateo Expo Center in San Mateo, CA. Here's a quick video preview of some of the fun activities you can expect in the CRAFT side of the fair. (Photos from Maker Faire Bay Area 2007 and video footage from Maker Faire Austin 2007.) Stay tuned for more Maker Faire news on the CRAFT blog in the days and weeks to come! [Read More] [Comments]

MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes I got a chance to talk to the founders of Ravelry.com Jessica and Casey who created this popular online knitting and crochet community. [Read More] [Comments]

MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes I always like looking behind the scenes to find out how a designer, crafter, or artist works. With this CRAFT Video Podcast, we go behind the scenes with Project Runway Season 2 Winner and fashion designer, Chloe Dao. Chloe's boutique and brand Lot 8 in Houston is quite the shopping destination. She designs most of the clothing in her boutique and works hands on throughout the production process from cutting all the fabric and more. We got a chance to be the first to see Chloe's new design studio where she shows us the designs and clothing for her new upcoming wholesale line. Can you believe she used to work in her mom's kitchen and dining room? She was gracious enough to be filmed in her sweats and no makeup, since she and her employees had just completed the Houston AIDS walk that morning. Look for a feature on fashion designer Chloe Dao in a future issue of CRAFT magazine! With me on the video shoot is Diana Eng fashion designer and Project Runway Season 2 contestant, who you may here giggle in the background. You can see more photos of our visit in my Flickr set. Chloe's tip on pressing is an important one. Here's a Threads video that shows you the best pressing techniques to make your garments look more finished and professional. This was dress featured in Chloe's runway show for Project Runway (Fall 2006) and is prominently placed in her boutique. Another version of the dress is also displayed in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. [Read More] [Comments]

MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes Crafter Dolin O'Shea of Lulu Bliss shows us how to create an embroidery pattern from a photo, in this case a photo of her cute dog Mikey. Dolin's 101 on Embroidery article is in the current issue of CRAFT:06. Dolin and I have been friends for over 10 years now and she's one of the craftiest people I know personally. Over the years she's taught me so much about embroidery and also introduced me to the Sublime Stitching patterns by Jenny Hart back in 2000. To get some carbon transfer paper when working with dark fabric as mentioned in the video, visit the Sublime Stitching store. From the pages of CRAFT: 06: CRAFT: 06 - "101: Embroidery, Learn to paint pictures with floss and fabric", pgs 132-137. You can preview the article in our Digital Edition. Subscribe to CRAFT Magazine and get 4 quarterly issues delivered to your door for only $34.95 (US). [Read More] [Comments]

MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes This week's CRAFT Video Podcast is the second in a two part series on how to make intarsia/stranded knitting pattern from an image in Photoshop. We'll go from the gridded pattern we made last week to a knitted back panel for the sweater using a mixture of intarsia and stranded multicolor knitting. Related: Skeleton Cardigan Part 1 - CRAFT Video Podcast- Link. Skeleton Cardigan - CRAFT Pattern Podcast - Link. [Read More] [Comments]

MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes This week's CRAFT Video Podcast is the first in a two part series on how to make intarsia/stranded knitting pattern from an image in Photoshop. We'll go from an old skeleton illustration to a gridded knitting pattern for personalizing your own Skeleton Cardigan. Next Friday in Part 2, I'll show you how to work from the pattern to make the back panel of the Skeleton Cardigan! [Read More] [Comments]

MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes Vickie Howell and SWTC stylist Lena Walker Smith had a fashion event called "Real Women Wear Knits" at Stitches West in Santa Clara, CA last Friday. I got a chance to check out the fashion show where 200 audience members and myself watched as Vickie and Lena taught us the basics on proportion, bodytype, and which knits worked the best. I loved how the show also reinforced all the ways you can adjust a knitting or crochet pattern and make it more flattering to your body, as well as how to embellish certain outfits. Hope you enjoy a few of Vickie and Lena's great tips! Some of the patterns shown in the fashion show, like the crochet kimono shrug shown above, are available at Vickie's shop. - Link. The Vickie Howell yarn collection is available through SWTC. See all the colors for Craft, Rock, and Love as well as a variety of other SWTC natural yarn and fibers. - Link. You can also see all the rest of my photos from Stitches West. - Link. [Read More] [Comments]

MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes Nancy Flynn of Belle Epoque and Get Crafty shows you how to take an old pair of jeans and refashion them into a denim pouch. The zippered pouch can easy be transformed into a wristlet by adding on some ribbon too! The project is from her book, Jeaneology: Crafty ways to reinvent your old blues which features 25 sewing projects you can make by refashioning your old jeans. Dimensions of Denim Fabric: 8" X 7" (Cut 2 pieces) Zipper: 7" Ribbon Handle: 9" Seam Allowance: 1/2" [Read More] [Comments]

Download the Pattern PDF | Subscribe in iTunes Since last week's giveaway was so popular, we are bringing more Twinkle love this week with the Riverbed Shawl pattern from the new book Twinkle's Weekend Knits. Make this Twinkle stripy shawl that's fast and easy to knit up! Related: CRAFT Interview with fashion designer Wenlan Chia of Twinkle - Link. [Read More] [Comments]