Thursday, February 21, 2013

Headphone Customization



Since I've been riding the bus & using my headphones a lot more lately, the tangling was starting to bother me. I saw this cute post (Contemporary Farm Girl) & I finally tried it out. It really keeps headphone from tangling! I'm very happy with it. 

The original post has a great video showing the process. 
I used 3 skeins of embroiderer floss (I used 3 colors I liked together)


Another post with great instructions is on Apartment Therapy

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Herring-Bone Knit



Herringbone Knit

I'm trying out this new knitting pattern and I'm going to say it's my new favorite.
This video shows how to do it very well!
http://newstitchaday.com/horizontal-herringbone-stitch/

This stitch does turn out incredible flat  looks pretty nice on the backside as well.

Herringbone knit on size 10 1/2 needles


Monday, February 11, 2013

Lard Soap - First Try


Cold-Processed Lard Soap


I made a small batch of soap with Lard as the fat. I based this recipe from Mother Earth News:
Yogurt cups prepared with baby oil (mineral oil) 
I halved the recipe and used some individual yogurt containers.


Purple Peach-Lard Soap:


1 lbs Lard
2.2 oz. Lye
3.5 fl oz. distilled water


Extras:


Red and Blue coloring and Peach F.O.


0.5 oz. Peach F.O. (Fragrance oil)
10-15 drop blue liquid coloring for soap
10 drops red liquid coloring for soap









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