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Join us for "Real Clothes Are Important Too!: How Understanding Clothing Construction Can Make You a Better Sewist" with ButDragonsTho on 6/9/26 after our weekly meeting!

Becky, also known as ButDragonsTho is a cosplayer and seamstress from the Dayton area. Becky has been sewing for around 15 years and is mostly self taught! In her professional life she works for a custom tailor, doing alterations and finishing work on custom clothing. She finds it so rewarding to take all the new things she…

Are you in our area? Check out our ode to Death Grips with our all-levels Linux meetup on June 2nd 6pm to 7:30pm at Hive13. Newbies, superusers, and everyone in between welcome. Bring your questions and devices, catch the fever and learn some stuff as you break free from conventional operating systems.

Hamvention has come to pass once more and our members had a blast! For those not in the know, Hamvention is an annual convention in Dayton for amateur radio. This event is huge, drawing radio nerds from across the globe to convene at a 3 day event with talks, meetups, vendors, yard sale, and even testing for your own license. Here's some thoughts from our members' experiences this year.

brianxr:

Hamvention was a lot of fun this year. Weather was better than usual (not too hot, and rain was…

Next Tuesday! Join us for a returning Tuesday Talk speaker Maker Fishmeal/Annye Driscoll for a talk on sewing with unconventional materials as part of their book tour for their latest release, Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fabrics and Unconventional Materials.

Annye Driscoll, known on the internet as Maker Fishmeal, is a writer, teacher, and very slow crafter. They’re the author of The Ultimate Glue Guide, Finish Your Cosplay!, and Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fabrics and Unconventional Materials. They…

Can you unlock it? 🔓 Cincy Locksport's next meetup is May 24th at Hive13 from 3pm to 5pm. Lockpicking is a fun, practical hobby for when you want a break from Wordl or a Rubix cube. All skill levels (even newbies) are welcome for tutorials and discussion. RSVP via the linked Cincy Locksport Meetup!

We're headed back to the Cincinnati Museum Center for their Earth Day celebration on April 25th! Catch our members from 1pm to 4pm in the STEM Lab teaching how to solder, sew, and spread some greenery with seed bombs. The most environmentally friendly option is repairing what you already have, come learn the skills to repair with us!

Do you need a gift for a fiber artist in your life but don’t know what they might want? Here are some ideas of tools, supplies, etc. to help level up their crafting.

Extra light always helps you to see your project especially if working with dark yarn or in a dark location where eye strain can take its toll. A handy gadget to toss in a bag for long, holiday trips!

You can never have too many pairs of scissors.…

Hamvention is fast approaching! Ham radio fans converge upon Dayton to brave the sun, rain, and nerds to broadcast their radio knowledge. A decent portion of our members have ham radio licenses and are annual visitors to Hamvention. We're ready to ham it up, here are some of our members' best tips for optimizing your trip to Greene County Fair and Expo Center!

Come with a list of what you're looking for and be at peace with the fact you will not see all of the outdoor flea market. - Brian

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Hive13 is excited to announce that we are expanding our membership structure to include the newest tier of membership, apiary members.

Since our space began in 2009, we felt like our student, standard, and cornerstone memberships were able to cover the populations that would be in the space. It was brought to our attention last night via prophetic dream that we were missing a very small-in-size demographic that we could welcome into our space. After an emergency board meeting, the apiary…

Just announced! Join us next week for a Tuesday Talk by member Dave Schwinn on the highs, lows, and hisses of caring for Madagascar hissing cockroaches as a maker.

From Dave:

Here are Melania and Stormy. They are Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, or Hissers. Come meet them and learn some fun factoids about roaches and keeping them as pets. The discussion will also include some of the electronics projects that I am working on in order to give them a comfy place to live.