Author: terri
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Candy Cane Cupcakes (to tempt those with new year’s resolutions)
Ah, January, the month where one can buy a big box of candy canes in the grocery store for 44 cents. It’s also the month where everyone’s made new years resolutions and don’t want cupcakes. I’m guessing some of my coworkers aren’t going to be impressed with me tomorrow when I bring these in… Instructions…
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Puppy K-9
So, remember a while ago I posted about a work in progress? She’s still a work in progress, but while I don’t have full setup for her internal hardware, her chassis did indeed get “finished” in time for ABQ Maker Faire, so here’s a picture of her on my table: This picture care of the…
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Buttons!
The first time I got to use a button machine, I was a kid. It was at the Ex (a fair with livestock, music, and a midway, not unlike state fairs in the US only with fewer deep-fried things), and I was kind of astounded by this giant button press because I’d never really thought…
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Winking Microview
With my travel and work schedules, I haven’t had time to hack my original MicroView, but the replacement ones arrived while I was out at ABQ Mini Maker Faire! So of course, I had to try *something* now that I can actually flash things to it. Here’s my current very simple program: a smile with…
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Project for Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire
In that way that we have, John and I are working together on a last-minute project for our next event, the Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire. I’m too tired to write a whole lot of text, so I took some photos instead. With no explanation, can you tell what is starting to take shape in our…
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Experiments in Starry Sky Photography
I’m not much of a night photographer for a variety of reasons, such as “wandering around in dark, isolated places with expensive gear and when you are a smallish woman is not recommended” and “I never carry my tripod because it’s awkward and extra weight” but thankfully I have friends who mitigate the first and…
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The WTF necklace
This one barely counts as a maker-y thing, in that all I really did was string some letters onto a faux-leather strap, but I think it’s hilarious and needed to be shared: Actually, this was much harder than it should have been. The necklace strap came pre-assembled and had to be disassembled so I could…
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MicroView: the bad, the good, and the awesome
I backed this cute little thing on kickstarter called the Microview, which is basically a teensy arduino with an oled display attached. It was too adorable to pass up. Unfortunately, my units were in the defective batch that has just been announced… read on to hear why I’m pleased about receiving a defective product!
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Three generations of women, one hat
Here’s a project that’s been sitting in my queue of things-to-post for a while! This is a hat I made for my grandmother. It was a post-Christmas present, a project that I brought up so I’d have something to do over the holidays. Pattern The pattern is the Cup of Tea Cabled Touque by Jessica…
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Butterfly Baby Sweater (simplified top-down one piece cardigan for self-striping sock yarn)
Remember my post about pictures of knitting in sunlight? I think it’s about time I post a few finished photos to go with that, isn’t it? The project was a baby sweater, again for baby V, who probably qualifies as a toddler now that she’s, well, toddling! My pattern is based off Eyelet Baby Cardigan…
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Sheep Hat
Another baby gift! This one I made just because I thought the pattern was adorable: My picture isn’t great, but… 1. Little sheep feet in the grass! 2. Adorable sheepy texture! 3. 3-D sheep head! 4. Perky sheep ears! And my favourite: 5. Puffy little tail! Pattern This one came from a book called 60…
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“Best” baby sock?
This is a baby gift that got photographed and then I forgot to blog about it once the gift was received. Unfortunately, I’ve also forgotten the pattern! I think it was called “best baby sock” and touted how it was the one that would stay on the most determined of babies. I don’t suppose that…