Games
Games That Celebrate the Joy of Making Things by Hand
Some games do more than include crafting as a mechanic; they are, at heart, celebrations of making by hand, of the slow...
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Every project note we have published, newest first. Finished pieces, failed attempts, and the occasional argument with advice that sounds tidy and falls apart at the workbench.
Games
Some games do more than include crafting as a mechanic; they are, at heart, celebrations of making by hand, of the slow...
Tools and Workspace
Crafting has a reputation for being all hands and no screens, and that picture is decades out of date.
Craft Business
A woman messaged me last month asking, half joking and half genuinely frustrated, how I manage to run an alterations business,...
Tools and Workspace
My garage workshop has exactly one overhead fixture and a window that faces the wrong direction for most of the afternoon,...
Upcycling
I picked up a dresser off a curb a few years back, the kind of solid, dovetailed piece that does not get made cheaply anymore,...
Sewing and Textiles
A client brought me a jacket to mend last year with a small embroidered panel on the cuff, Kashmiri needlework she had bought...