This Sunday is the Urban Craft Uprising sale in Seattle. Stop by the Artists' Gallery between noon and 6 pm on November 6--the first 100 people in the door get rockin goodie bags, too.

And don't forget to check out the fabulous Holiday Craftacular if you're in New York! BUST magazine is inviting DIYers to sell their cool handmade work from noon to midnight on December 17 at Warsaw. DJs, dancing, cocktails and free admission to shoppers all day and night!

Too bad you can't be on both coasts sometimes...

susanstars on 10/31/05#

First, we have the amazing work of Korean artist Do-Ho Suh, who re-created his entire childhood home -- actual size, and right down to the light switches -- in sewn fabric.

And then there's this gorgeous modernist dollhouse.

Both via Boing Boing.

Sister Diane on 10/31/05#

Kristel, a Finnish crafter, has divided knitting blogs into five categories:
- How-to blogs that show the process how ideas transform to ready-made products;
- Porfolio blogs that display finished projects;
- Communal blogs where knitters share daily experiences with friends;
- Mixed blogs that also feature other things outside knitting;
- Amusing blogs that report on knitting in a diverting way.

"These categories should not be taken too seriously", she writes. "One blog can belong to several categories."

ulla on 10/30/05#

Amy Maimee loves her husband, her son, and YODA! Check out her charming stuff for the rest of the year.

Scott on 10/29/05#

You want to see a beautiful spiky crocheted African Hat? Of course you do! Its from Cameroon, I think it's crocheted, and I might have to break in and steal it. Ssshh, don't tell anyone.

Tsia on 10/28/05#

Punk Planet, the Chicago-based-never-upgrading-to-glossy-paper-stock DIY publication has encountered problems with its distributors. Why does this concern you? Because PP has been wonderfully supportive of our DIY community: showcasing the burgeoning trends of contemporary crafters, highlighting the works of new fashion designers, and ensuring affordable print advertising. Please help them! Subscribe, shop their site, or get that super-duper-cheap print ad for your new DIY biz to help get things rolling for you, and keep it rolling for them. Send Punk Planet our love!

sublimestitcher on 10/27/05#

130 years ago in Prague the church decided to exhume 40,000 parishioners and make both a thing of beauty. None of the departed were disturbed by Hannah Simpson's knit scenes from Dawn of the Dead. Happy Halloween from Design Alligator and me.

Scott on 10/27/05#

Author and artist Danny Gregory is organizing a SketchCrawl in NYC. The plan is to meet at 9 AM on Saturday, Oct. 29, under the Washington Square Arch. This is a chance to meet up and sketch the city surroundings. Check in on Danny's site for up to date details. (Bad weather could postpone the event.)

Yamaguchi on 10/27/05#

A show of wartime textiles from Britain, Japan, and our own USA. 18 November- 5 February at Bard Graduate Center in New York. Thanks to my pal Sarah at the cultural powerhouse Maharam.

Scott on 10/25/05#

Check out Venus Web Editor Lauren Liss' round-up of all the cool stuff she saw at the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago.

Yamaguchi on 10/23/05#