We are big “makers” in my family–we love to make things ourselves and get much pleasure from the whole process of thinking up and creating projects.
There’s the satisfaction of having created something with your own hands. And there’s the added benefit of getting exactly what you want and nothing more (or less). This ability to customize things is what particularly appeals to me, aside from the satisfaction I get by physically making something myself.
My husband has a 3D printer that he uses to make all kinds of interesting, fun, and really useful things. He got the printer about a year ago and started a blog soon thereafter. He chose the name “MakerBlock.”1
When he suggested I start a knitting blog, we started talking about it and threshold issues like what sitename I would use. I honestly can’t remember who’s idea “MakerKnit” was,2 but I loved it for two reasons: (1) it was short and to the point, describing me and what the blog would be about–a maker through knitting–and this appealed to my practical, utilitarian side; and (2) it played off my husband’s online moniker “MakerBlock” and would be like the other side of a coin,3 and this appealed to my sentimental side.
And thus, MakerKnit was born.
- He makes plastic Lego-like blocks, along with many, many other things, but the Lego-like blocks were one of the first things he thought about making with his printer. [↩]
- But I’d guess it was his because he’s the more creative one. [↩]
- Which is how the two of us are in reality; we’re quite complementary. [↩]