With 40 stylish patterns, this guide aims to show young knitters how to get started, how to make it fun and how to make the hip clothes they want. Step-by-step instructions illustrate every technique.

If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses for technology from home entertainment systems to in-car computers, 'MAKE', combines the unexpectedness and visual appeal of a magazine with the permanence and the in-depth instructiveness of a how-to book.

Featuring four-colour photographs and instructional illustrations, this book contains instruction, inspiration, and various designs, from a fishnet skullcap to a lacy evening wrap. For knitters and new crocheter's exploring the hook, it features a discussion of tools, what the gauges mean, plus basic techniques and stitch patterns.

Stitch N' Bitch for sewers complete with 3 full Simplicity(R) patterns from downtown fashion darling Wendy Mullin.

Useful for inquisitive do-it-yourselfers. Part of the Hacks series, this issue contains projects to help you make the most of all the technology in your life. Almost everything from home entertainment systems, to laptops, to a host of PDAs is fair game.

Looks at how you can turn your car into a Wi-Fi blasting, computer-controlled, GPS-enabled, biodiesel monster; how to turn a VCR into a pet feeding robot, make a see-through potato cannon, create a remote-controlled haunted house for Holloween, and gives you the skinny on cheap welding.

In 121 unexpected, easy-to-follow projects, this book on T-shirt shows first how to tee-off with the basic materials, plus add-ons and techniques. More than half the projects require no sewing, and all are rated according to the level of difficulty.

A primer that puts the power of design in the hands of ordinary people.

Volume 02 focuses on Retrogaming and HD Recorders, and features coverage of HDTV Recorders, The Atari2600 PC Project, Podcasting, Mouse Robot, and Star Wars Robot Builders.

Provides easy-to-follow advice and tricks of the trade from more than seventy experts.

Focuses on cool things you can do to make technology work the way you want it to. This work is packed with projects to help you make the most of the technology in your life. It is useful for a geek or hacker who delights in creating new uses for technology.

Presents DIY projects that make the most of what you have by taking old stuff and turning it into functional art. This book introduces craft techniques with a brief history and background information, and then teaches specific projects based on that technique. The projects are divided up by material.

Ordinary folks can construct 13 awesome ballistic devices in their garage or basement workshops using inexpensive household or hardware store materials and this step-by-step guide. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple - a match-powered rocket - to the more complex - a scale-model, table-top catapult - to the offbeat - a tennis ball ...

A well informed study that champions the unsung heroes and heroines of DIY distribution in art, music, literary-zines and culture. Here the author charts the development of music outside of the publicity machine of large companies, and examines the politics behind the production of the many 'home-made' recordings and publications available today.

Introduces significant changes, including sections on hub gears and the various types of bottom bracket/chainset combinations available. This book aims to give riders the confidence and knowledge required to tackle regular maintenance, repairs and overhauls.

A complete step-by-step guide containing ideas and techniques for decorating the whole of your home - both inside and out.

This sourcebook for home design explores remodeling and reorganizing--everything from assessment to choosing floors, creating rooms, and providing practical maintenance.

A specialist cookbook offering 85 recipes for cheeses and other dairy products that require basic cheese-making techniques. Among the tested recipes are those for farmhouse cheddar, marscarpone, and ricotta. There are also 60 recipes for cooking with cheese, including pancakes and calzones.

Introduces the tools, materials, and techniques of construction, and includes advice on framing, siding, roofing, wiring, plumbing, and fencing.