I’ve written here about modeling rockets and spacecraft from kits, in paper, and in LEGO. Another medium for space models turns out to be fabric.  Emily Lakdawalla, a senior editor and blogger at The Planetary Society, has posted recently about using plastic canvas to model scientific space probes:

• Geek craft: GRAIL twins Ebb and Flow in plastic canvas – The Planetary Society
• The Dawn spacecraft, modeled in an unlikely medium – The Planetary Society

“Ebb, Flow, New Horizons, MESSENGER, and Dawn, all to
the same scale (about 1:50).” – Emily Lakdawalla, Planetary Society

She also wrote about using the Japanese Amigurumi knitting technique:

• Amigurumi: How I channeled my adrenaline while watching Hayabusa’s return – The Planetary Society
• The Force Is Strong with Amigurumi – GeekDad/Wired.com

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NASA and the on-line crafts site Etsy had a space-crafts competition in 2011 and a number of weaved space items were submitted.  Unfortunately, Etsy took down most of the web pages displaying the entries and winners a few months after the end of the contest. I managed to find images of some of the items:

• Etsy & NASA Space Craft Contest: The Winners – The Etsy Blog
• Winner, 2D Original. High Texture Hand Embroidery of the Moon by Rachel Barry Hobson
• NASA-Etsy Space Craft Contest – a set on Flickr