{"id":690,"date":"2012-06-04T16:31:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T15:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2012-06-04T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T15:32:46","slug":"derby-mini-maker-faire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"Derby Mini Maker Faire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, Doug and I decided to go to the Mini Maker Faire in Derby<\/a>. It was held in the Derby Silk Mill<\/a> which was built on the site of the world’s first factory.<\/p>\n

There was some stunning yarn bombing outside the Silk Mill.<\/p>\n

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Yarn bombing<\/p><\/div>\n

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It was so pretty! It was such a shame that it was pouring with rain and it was a bit soggy<\/p>\n

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Beautiful Lady Bird yarn bombing<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some of the other things that caught my eye inside –<\/p>\n

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Stag Beetle Violin Case by Jake How<\/p><\/div>\n

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crochet set in glass by Anna Krystyna Casey<\/p><\/div>\n

I loved this cardboard box robot<\/p>\n

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I especially liked his eyes. Would love to make one sometime.<\/p><\/div>\n

There was also a Dalek patroling the Faire<\/p>\n

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"SMILE?! I'M ALWAYS SMILING!"<\/p><\/div>\n

he had a human to help steer him around the mill. Perhaps it was a roboman<\/a>? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Blurry shot of big Scaletrix track by Derby H:O Racing Club<\/p><\/div>\n

I also had a chat with the creator of a site called Pics to Knits<\/a> – wish I’d got his name since it’s not on his site. But Pics to Knits is a free website that allows you to upload any image and turn it into a knitting pattern for dk or 4 ply yarns. Basically you upload an image file and it removes some of the details to make it easier to knit. You can set it to 4 colours up to 32 colours and get a pdf of the final stocking stitch pattern. Check it out, it’s a great idea and very generous of them to make it available free of charge.<\/p>\n

Really enjoyed the Maker Faire and hope to go to another soon. I particularly love the message that it doesn’t matter what methods we use to create, be it a soldering iron or a crochet hook, we’re all makers.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the lovely messages following my shingles attack. I’m now on the mend and feeling a lot better although I’m still taking pain killers.<\/p>\n

Project wise I’ve finished off Edinburgh Rock, although have yet to photograph it, and have yet another Leethal knit on the needles, Wild is the Wind<\/a>, in addtion to her Twitter Mystery pattern plus Woolley Wormhead’s Meret, too. Lots of smaller projects because I seem to have more luck with them than larger ones at the moment.<\/p>\n

I’ve not knit any socks for a while but there’s a new online kniting magazine called The Sock Report<\/a> dedicated to all things sock yarn related. I haven’t looked through the whole mag yet but so far I love Chris deLongpre’s Pocket Pals <\/a>– cute woodland creatures knit from sock yarn. Fans of Rachael Herron’s<\/a> Cypress Hollow novels<\/a> should definately check it out because Rachel’s put up a free short story there called Socks for Alex<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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