Saturday 24 March 2012

Bog Roll Bonanza

OK, not actually a bonanza, more like a handy way to squish them ready for recycling...
Are you ready?
Here they are.

Squish...

Push...

One down...

Squish again...

There are two there, honest...

Push again...



That's all there is to it!

TA-DAAAAAAAH

Thursday 22 March 2012

Sugru. Eh?

Sugru is fantastic stuff - I wrote to them.  Here's what I put.
"I just had to show you... what I did with my Sugru...
I'm a keen crocheter, and am often re-winding and reclaiming yarn - I use a nostepinne (google it), but rather than an expensive wood-turned one, I use a garden dibber, with the end sawn off.
The trouble with them is, that not only are they rough, but they have these annoying grooves which snag the yarn.
I decided, once and for all, to fill them in with Sugru.
Job done - but I discovered an amazing 'side effect'.  In removing the excess with tissue, as recommended, the rough grain was filling in nicely, and I ended up with a lovely, super-smooth, almost 'laquered' finish.
Fantastic.
You can see the 'before' on the cut off end, in between the two dibbers.
All the best,
Jill"

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Mummified Moth...

OK, so who likes moths? Not in the yarn, anyway, but the demise of this one must've been horrible...
Just some tissues, right?

Nothing odd about them?

Hang on, what's this?

It's a... a...

MOTH!  Aaarrgghhh!