Seamwork: About the company — Sewing patterns with style.
Cabled sweater, sleeve done.
Required Reading — This week: a mysterious LA guerrilla artist, Whistler and gold paint, remembering Totó La Momposina, the art of photographing queer nightlife, AI agents turn Marxist, and more.
US water facilities targeted by ‘malicious cyber actors’ – who’s to blame? — Despite Trump’s efforts to blame Tim Walz and Minnesota, officials suspect Iran behind attacks on US infrastructure
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Ravelry — Millions of knit and crochet patterns.
India Inflation Stays Within Target Band, Backs RBI Pause — India’s inflation was broadly steady in July, holding within the Reserve Bank’s 2%-6% target range and cementing expectations policymakers will keep interest rates unchanged for some time.
Yarn and Free Knitting & Crochet Patterns — Lion Brand Yarn is America's oldest craft yarn company with 80+ active yarn families. Find your next project by searching over 8,000 free knitting and crochet patterns for afghans, hats, scarves and much more.
Animals and Ornament Emerge from Felted Wool in Holly Guertin's Textiles — Holly Guertin summons moments of peace and reflection through felting, crochet, and embroidery.
How To Write With An LLM — Two rules keep an LLM from pasteurizing your writing: never take a word it suggests, and never let it encourage you. Then hand it all the tedious work.
Dynamic Scenes Emerge from Fumiaki Aono's Wooden Assemblages — Secondhand dressers, chests, and cabinets stack into towering assemblages in Fumiaki Aono's imaginative sculptures.
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Apple hikes prices for most of its hardware — Macs, MacBooks, iPads and other Apple products just got more expensive.
Sewing Guide & DIY Fashion Design - SewGuide — A beginner's guide to fashion designing & sewing: Free patterns, DIY tutorials, and tips for creating and decorating clothes
How Betye Saar Set Black Dolls Free — Nearing the occasion of her upcoming 100th birthday, an exhibition at the New York Historical celebrates Saar’s promised gift of her collection of dolls to the institution.
Threads — The magazine for sewing enthusiasts.
Beastie Boys’ Mike D Adds Tour Dates in North America and Europe — His Mike D 5D band heads out on its first major trek in late summer
Family Urges Help for Venezuelan Artist Trapped Under Earthquake Rubble — Onai Quiñonez is among the thousands reported missing after two back-to-back earthquakes devastated the nation.
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Treasury Takes Less Than Expected at Buyback, Pushing Up Yields — The US government repurchased fewer 10- to 20-year securities than the maximum amount it outlined under Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s expanded buyback program, driving US government debt yields higher.
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15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Summer — A romp through early punk culture, Odilon Redon’s dreamy portraiture, Willie Birch’s papier-mâché odes to New Orleans, Samella Lewis’s visions in woodcut, and more.
Art school admission portfolios ranked by how much they tried, most of them are just expensive phone photography with a statement about identity 📸😬
Opportunities in July 2026 — Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation, Ucross, AICA International, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Construct Your Own Miniature Paper Brutalist Circuses with 'Cirk' — 'Cirk,' a new book from David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka of Zupagrafika, highlights a wide range of permanent circuses.
Craft & Design DIY Projects for Makers - Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers — see projects and inspiration to bring your craft and design skills to the next level. Pop culture and technology infused, there is awesome stuff here.
We’re Live From Monterey Car Week 2026 — Sunday, August 9th Monterey Car Week—the annual extravaganza of all things automobile—is upon us. We cover this event (well, events) more than any other, particularly the auctions, with previews, news from the ground, and…
Sew Chic — Vintage-inspired sewing patterns.
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Crochet.com — Patterns, yarn, and inspiration.
The Hidden History of Stock Photography — In her first book, scholar Simona Supekar mines the history of stock imagery as a vessel for racism and sexism and considers its role in the age of AI.
AllFreeCrochet - 1000s of Free Crochet Patterns — AllFreeCrochet is a website dedicated to offering the best free crochet patterns, how-tos, tips, and crochet ideas from our team and the crochet community. Find all varieties and skills levels, from simple to complex patterns and
Cabled sweater, sleeve done.
Explore 1,300+ Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century, Now Restored and Available Online — Today, if you want to know about any of the flora or fauna that surround us, you have only to look it up online.
Learn How to Knit with Knitting Videos - KnittingHelp.com — Watch and learn how to knit, purl, cast-on do increases and decreases with our free beginner knitter instructional videos.
Xteink's tiny pocket eReader now has a touchscreen and front light — The X4 Pro can even stick to the back of your phone.
Easy Sewing Patterns for Beginners | Tilly and the Buttons — Discover easy sewing patterns for beginners, bestselling sewing books, step-by-step online sewing workshops and expert dressmaking tutorials from Tilly and the Buttons. Learn to sew your own clothes with modern, wearabl
Danielle Mckinney's Portraits of Black Women at Rest — Each figure in her paintings luxuriates in the dreaminess of space belonging to her and her alone.
artist spent three years perfecting hyperrealistic oil paintings of trash bags, the reviews are somehow worse than the actual trash 🗑️😭
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Phillip Guston, Lush and Forlorn — Also, the Guggenheim Museum union authorizes a strike and new findings on human DNA in cave art.
Knitting and Crochet Forum — A forum community dedicated to all levels of knitters and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about collections, displays, how-tos, patterns, tutorials, styles, scales, reviews, swaps, accessories, classifieds, and more!
Pilcrow, Dagger, and Octothorp, Oh My! — So, I don’t know what kind of nerd you are, but my brand of nerdiness dovetails neatly with this video about the origins of some of the most common symbols on y
Welcome to the Craft Yarn Council — Standards and how-tos.
The Past Catalog Archive is a throwback to fun & modest personal projects on the web. “There is no reason to k — The Past Catalog Archive is a throwback to fun & modest personal projects on the web. “There is no reason to keep these old catalogs to myself, or only allow th
TCL's latest NXTPAPER tablet has an 11-inch display and a questionable chip from $229 — TCL has launched a new tablet using its NXTPAPER display tech, with the TCL Tab A1 NXTPAPER now available for...
We Must Protect South American Rock Art — Given the region’s abundant petroglyphs, why are there so few legal protections and only one World Heritage inscription?
Minnesota Lynx win 26th game, secure WNBA playoff spot — The first-place Minnesota Lynx, who defeated the Las Vegas Aces 98-87 on Saturday afternoon to improve to 26-7 on the season, clinched a WNBA playoff berth.
Cross Stitch - Online Women's Clothing — Welcome to Cross Stitch online store. Discover the Amazing women's fashion. Buy new unstitched/stitched collections, pret, kurtas, bottoms and more.
Historic Japanese Castle Damaged in 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake — The Kumamoto Castle houses priceless artworks from the Edo Period.
Mova’s latest robot vacuum solves the kitchen stool problem — This robot reaches places others can’t
UAE trade embargo could shut Iran’s key economic escape route: Here’s why — The UAE announced the embargo, accusing Iran of launching missiles into its territory.
50 Hours to Draw Some Lines - Doug MacDowell — Hand drawn data visualizations by artist Doug MacDowell.
The Simple Collection Revisited — Francine’s face perfectly encapsulates my love of the Simple Collection. Emily and I want all who encounter our work to find it useful, joyful, and welcoming. In that spirit, we recently revi…
Helen Levitt Captured the Poetry of New York City — A new survey publication serves as a testament to the photographer’s belief that the city’s working-class communities of color possessed a beauty and drama all their own.
Is GitHub Cooked? — Track GitHub service incidents and outages. Real-time stats, incident history, and downtime analytics.
How Alvarez needs to rebuild trust at Atletico — How Julian Alvarez must convince supporters his focus is firmly on Atletico Madrid, after his dream move to Barcelona did not happen.
Anni Albers Wasn’t Afraid to Start From Zero — Nicholas Fox Weber’s new biography draws on their nearly 25-year friendship, allowing her dedication to textile art and her warm humor to shine through in equal measure.
'It's essentially been one long day': A daughter details search for parents in Nepal — Shreya Ahuja is searching for her parents after devastating floods struck Nepal. She is calling for international help and communications access as her family waits for news.