Faune Yerby doesn’t knit much, but she spins a lot of yarn. This is not the uniform, neatly wrapped balls that appear on the shelves in craft stores and local yarn shops. Yerby, who is also a photographer, makes art yarn, each skein of which is unique. She hand selects colored wool to combine, then [...]

Guest post by Vishal Persaud For more than 20,000 years, civilizations across the world have weaved – from the ancient Egyptians in the Nile River Valley to the Navajo of the American Southwest. Chances are that someone or something weaved that shirt or pair of jeans you’re wearing. But since the times of the ancient [...]

Ever heard of Kickstarter? It’s a site you can use to raise money for a project – music, art, journalism, technology, a whole host of categories – through online backers that pledge money. The project creator sets a goal, and people pledge money. It’s all-or-nothing funding, which means if the project doesn’t meet a goal [...]

Here’s another case of “not your grandma’s” crafting. This cross-stitch design is from What Party, who sells completed needlepoint with funny little animals and phrases on them on Etsy. The designer also has a Flickr set of her previous sales and a Tumblr blog (swearing alert in some of the patterns and pictures). If you’d [...]

Andras Gipp came to New York from Hungary 14 years ago to build pianos for Klavierhouse. In his spare time, he also makes electric bass guitars. Ball park figure for a custom-made bass guitar is $2,500. Gipp said it’s about a 40-hour investment in terms of labor, but doesn’t include the drying time for the [...]

You can have your art and wear it too. Young artist, Andrea Tobin, is merging fashion with painted art in a unique way — turning paintings on canvases into stylish designer bags one can take with them everywhere.  The desire to never be separated from her art is in part what inspired Tobin to take [...]

A group of local artists and environmentalists have organized and fairy parade and art show in the Staten Island neighborhood just outside the ferry terminal. St. George Day is this Saturday April 24 in Tappen Park. The event will showcase artwork from local talent, promote eco-awareness and also provide arts & crafts activities for kids. [...]

Love to DIY? Love being green? So why not combine the two? It’s easy to do with RePlayGround, a company run by self-described recycling fanatics where discarded materials take on a new life. While it’s becoming increasingly fashionable to start an eco-friendly company, RePlayGround’s founder, Tiffany Threadgould, has entertained this lifestyle since she was little. [...]

File this one under do-it-yourself community action, bridge-making, street-scum-avoidance, or whatever you like. Astorian Jason Eppink saw a river of scum that covered the sidewalk and froze over in the winter coming from the wall of an Amtrak viaduct. Using recycled materials, he constructed a bridge so that walkers could avoid the mess. Astoria Scum [...]

Easter may be over but that’s no reason to put away your egg decorating supplies. The spring season is the perfect time to get your craft on, and we at DHNY are here to help! Here’s a map of some craft stores around the city (and a few in Long Island) for you to stock [...]