Saturday, January 2, 2010

Yurtle the Turtle Has Nothing on Kate

Kate Pokorny has successfully used Kickstarter to fund her Yurt-making project -- hand-crocheting a functional yurt with local New Hampshire wool that is felted into yarn.  More here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yurtalert/yurt-alert-lets-crochet-a-home

INTFF Coral Reef

I remember when I first heard about the coral reef, and I rushed to make my first hyperbolic creation to send to them for their display.

Listen to this fascinating talk on the INTFF Coral Reef Project and how the feminine art of crochet and sea slugs have proved the impossible to prove.

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/519