Maker Faire, Maker Faire, make me a match, find me a find, catch me a catch
A lovely Saturday at the Bay Area Maker Faire. Where else can you sit in the grass with some crafty company and have a robotic giraffe walk by?
Where else can your six-year old create a woolen masterpiece
while you try to felt firm enough under the tutelage of the Mistress that is Moxie?
Here is one of her creations
and here is my very purple guy. She has a tutorial here - I know how you all love your tutorials.
Where else can you meet a pair of lovely and talented bloggers; an inhabitant of Etsy Labs; the original Wardrobe Remixer; or a Craft magazine cover girl? Well, felter of cover fruit. Most telling, where can you have a guy walk up to a clutch of crafters to ask for some roving to insulate part of his Van de Graaff generator? I mean really now.
Comments (10)
And I bet the generator guy would be just as picky about what sorts of fibers go into his felt as you.
Posted by Mr Knitsonya | May 21, 2007 7:11 PM
Posted on May 21, 2007 19:11
I love the tongue on your little purple guy. Looks like it was a great time.
Posted by Mama Urchin | May 22, 2007 4:16 AM
Posted on May 22, 2007 04:16
I have faire envy. And I love spousal comments, like the one above.
Posted by sulu-design | May 22, 2007 6:57 AM
Posted on May 22, 2007 06:57
Sounds like a wonderful time!
Posted by Maritza | May 22, 2007 8:15 PM
Posted on May 22, 2007 20:15
You had me at that giraffe. Yowza.
Posted by Lizbon | May 22, 2007 8:56 PM
Posted on May 22, 2007 20:56
WAHHHHH! I so wanted to go!
speaking of GO...
when are you gonna call Marie & discuss coming to the shop to be our featured artist?!
xoxo
Posted by PuNkrAwKpUrL | May 23, 2007 8:40 AM
Posted on May 23, 2007 08:40
What cute little guys I would love to have a go at felting something.
Posted by carolyn | May 23, 2007 2:57 PM
Posted on May 23, 2007 14:57
wouldn't have been any fun without you!!!
;) bb
Posted by bethany mann | May 24, 2007 5:12 AM
Posted on May 24, 2007 05:12
Those monsters are too cool!! This Faire sounds like my kind of fair!! Mistress Moxie's hair is the funkiest colour!!!
Posted by Dianne McGrath | May 24, 2007 5:53 AM
Posted on May 24, 2007 05:53
Oh why oh why did I have to be born in England??!!! Craft fairs here are a completely diferent kettle of fish, think crocheted loo roll covers and the like. I love your little purple fella, he's fab!
Posted by sarah | May 25, 2007 4:04 AM
Posted on May 25, 2007 04:04