Crafts & DIY
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http://unicornycopia.com/ezm
Electric Zine Maker is the official home of a free, playful printshop and art tool designed to make creating and printing zines as simple and fun as possible. The site includes a full tool guide, FAQ, download links, and a curated list of zine resources, fonts, and inspiration for budding zine makers.
http://damesoftheneedle.blogspot.com/
Ebeth's Dames of the Needle is a long-running crafting blog focused on hand-dyed threads and fibers, with updates on new colorways like 'New England Bog' and 'Opalescent Winter's Dusk' from her 'From the Cauldron' line. Visitors get a peek into her dye studio process, trunk shows, and her warm, whimsical personality through posts stretching back to 2011.
https://vulpecula.neocities.org/
Vulpecula's 'love letter to the electrical grid' is a richly layered personal site featuring a taxidermy page, bone collection, frog log, pixel library, geocache records, and a shrine to the game Ultrakill. Equal parts digital scrapbook and curiosity cabinet, it lovingly documents an eclectic range of niche hobbies and media interests with a cozy, handcrafted aesthetic.
https://mnwwg.org/
The Minnesota Woodworkers Guild brings together professional and amateur woodworkers dedicated to the highest standards of the craft, offering classes, tool rentals, a DVD library, and special interest groups. Members also gain access to vendor discounts, a classified ads board, exhibition events like the Northern Woods Exhibition, and a tuition grant program.
http://users.rcn.com/bendesky/about/cbta
Cozy Bendesky is a Pennsylvania-based textile artist whose site showcases her art quilts, shibori fabric dyeing, and fashion garments, along with her biography and artistic statement. The site documents her decades-long journey through traditional needlecrafts, international textile study, and contemporary art quilt construction, and includes class and workshop information.
https://leecat.art/
Lee Cattarin's creative portfolio showcases a rich collection of handspun yarn projects, including alpaca, plant fiber, and hand-dyed skeins in a variety of weights and colorways. The site also features block print art and some software/web projects, making it a cozy corner of the internet where fiber arts and digital craft intersect.
http://starquilts.com/index.php
Polly's Quilts showcases authentic Native American star quilts handcrafted by Polly, a member of the Hidatsa and Arikara peoples from the Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. The site features a gallery of colorful, handmade quilts rooted in Northern Plains tradition, along with the story of how Polly learned her craft from her mother in 1971.
https://crazyquiltinginternational.blogspot.com/
Crazy Quilting International is a community blog showcasing the embroidered crazy quilt creations of members from around the world, affiliated with the CQI Facebook group. Visitors can browse themed swap projects like Halloween and Valentine fabric postcards, find tutorials, and see the intricate handiwork of stitchers across many countries.
https://theadr.net/
The adr's web is a colorful personal site by a creator who regularly shares crochet projects, craft posts, music playlists, media recommendations, and a dream log. With frequent updates covering everything from handmade ornaments to Spotify wrapped recaps, it captures the spirit of the indie web with webrings, fanlistings, and a lively update log.
https://alpistrickbuch.blogspot.com/
Alpis Strickbuch is a German-language knitting resource created by an experienced crafter named Alpi, who has been knitting for decades and shares her techniques online so they can be easily referenced and linked. The site covers basic and special knitting techniques, stitch patterns, patchwork, and original sock designs like the whimsically named 'Serpentes' sock.