This bizarre ad clip of Kevin Bacon acting the part of “Ivan Cobenk,” obsessed Kevin Bacon fan is noteworthy because there are Kevin Bacon crafts. Kevin Bacon cross stitch, need I say more?

Also incredibly cool, check out this amazing project by Travis Goodspeed, Arjan Scherpenisse and Fabienne Serriere called Multithreaded Banjo Dinosaur Knitting Adventure 2D Extreme!!! First of all, every word in the title is awesome… AND then it goes on to say it’s “A Bayeux tapestry* for 2010!” Coolest. Project. Ever.

By extending the work of Steven Conklin, Limor Fried, and Becky Stern, we were able to hack a Brother KH930 knitting machine to print high score panes from a custom video game in yarn.

Go read more about the project here and Travis’ blog post on this project here.


In case you didn’t click up above, go check out Limor Fried’s project Electro-knit!

Do it now.


*For those still scratching their heads wondering what the heck the Bayeux Tapestry is go look over here. Also interesting, the Bayeux Tapestry museum and Bayeux tapestry: Propaganda on Cloth. Not to outdone by the French, you can learn more about “Britain’s Bayeux Tapestry,” a Victorian replica of the tapestry, here.