Sunday, 9 February 2014
Muffin Tin Planters
As spring gets underway, live plants abound both indoors and out. A neat
way to plant some green in the kitchen is with a baking tool: a muffin
tin!The wells in a muffin tin are the perfect size for holding small
live plants directly from the nursery flat. Choose a moss as shown or
even plant herbs in an old tin and keep it in your kitchen. Water the
plants by misting. If you're using a muffin tin long-term for small
plants, repurpose and old tin and consider punching holes in the bottom
of each well.
EASY small green house
This is portable green house and is great to start small seeds or small vegetables (such as herbs)
Fast to make and super economic
YOU WILL NEED
1. Plastic can or barrel (white is best
2. Transparent or semi transparent plastic sheet
3. 4 screws with nuts
4. 4 little pieces of plywood about an inch by and inch
5. bike inner tube or an old hose
6. duck tape
Jugsaw
Drill
Thanks gardening world for the photos
Fast to make and super economic
YOU WILL NEED
1. Plastic can or barrel (white is best
2. Transparent or semi transparent plastic sheet
3. 4 screws with nuts
4. 4 little pieces of plywood about an inch by and inch
5. bike inner tube or an old hose
6. duck tape
Jugsaw
Drill
Thanks gardening world for the photos
Getting clean water
In a life and death situation this would be great to know and I know I would have cloth so lets hope I could find containers lol
Take a piece of fabric and place one end in the dirty water and the other in another container and yes you will get clean water
Take a piece of fabric and place one end in the dirty water and the other in another container and yes you will get clean water
Candle Light When Camping
I love this idea when camping or when you need more light in a black out
Take a soda can , cut it open in the front and place your tealight candle inside.
You get a stronger light and breeze is not a hassle
Take a soda can , cut it open in the front and place your tealight candle inside.
You get a stronger light and breeze is not a hassle
Small space washing machines
This is such a great way to hide a washing machine in your kitchen and why was it nit around when I lived in a small apartment
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Circular needle storage
Can’t get any easier than this, the 15-minute circular needle holder.
Stuff you need
Cotton spools, wooden would look better
Approx 1 1/2 – 2 yards fishing wire
Permanent markers (I used a silver paint pen and a sharpie)
Scraps of yarn or fabric
Glue (hot glue gun was weapon of choice for me)
Note on the spools – mine have 1/4″ hole which fits up to a US size 10 needle. This was adequate for me, but if you require ones for larger sizes you can drill or use a needle file to enlarge the opening, or look for a larger diameter spool.
What to do with it
First, label all your spools with the appropriate needle size. For my end spools I wound a piece of scrap yarn around the spool and secured it with a dot of glue. A piece of fabric cut to size would also look nice. You could obviously embellish these however you like. I went with simplicity (also known as “easy”). Next cut a length of wire about 1 1/2 – 2 yards long, I just kinda eyeballed it. Thread wire though first spool and hold in half so both lengths of wire are equal. Following the diagram below, weave the wire in and out of each spool.
Then, once the last spool is wired on, twist the remaining two wire lengths around each other and fold into a hook shape. Trim ends and load up with all those unruly needles.
FANTASTIC
Thanks to pieknits for the tutorial and photos
Stuff you need
Cotton spools, wooden would look better
Approx 1 1/2 – 2 yards fishing wire
Permanent markers (I used a silver paint pen and a sharpie)
Scraps of yarn or fabric
Glue (hot glue gun was weapon of choice for me)
Note on the spools – mine have 1/4″ hole which fits up to a US size 10 needle. This was adequate for me, but if you require ones for larger sizes you can drill or use a needle file to enlarge the opening, or look for a larger diameter spool.
What to do with it
First, label all your spools with the appropriate needle size. For my end spools I wound a piece of scrap yarn around the spool and secured it with a dot of glue. A piece of fabric cut to size would also look nice. You could obviously embellish these however you like. I went with simplicity (also known as “easy”). Next cut a length of wire about 1 1/2 – 2 yards long, I just kinda eyeballed it. Thread wire though first spool and hold in half so both lengths of wire are equal. Following the diagram below, weave the wire in and out of each spool.
Then, once the last spool is wired on, twist the remaining two wire lengths around each other and fold into a hook shape. Trim ends and load up with all those unruly needles.
FANTASTIC
Thanks to pieknits for the tutorial and photos
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