Here’s another fancy dish rag I’ve knitted up in all my spare time. (Okay, it wasn’t recently–there hasn’t been any spare time recently.) The Liberty Bell Knitted Dish Cloth. This one hasn’t made it to the table yet–Maybe I’m just weird, but it seems a bit disrespectful to be wiping the table with this symbol […]
The Knitted Fish Dish Rag
I knitted this. Even I’m amazed. It’s so cute it’s a shame to wash the table off with it, but we do anyway. < Here’s the pattern, because I know you want one of your own, and it would only take me about three months to get it made for you, and besides, you know […]
The $65 Knitted Dishrag
I learned to knit a couple of months ago. Yep. Feeling downright domestic. So I though it would be kind of fun to make knitted washrags for some folks (including family members) for Christmas this year. Here’s the first one: Cast on 30 or so stitches, size 8 needles, worsted weight cotton yarn, and knit […]
How to Make a Wonder Oven Insulated Cooking Box
Having enough fuel to keep warm and cook food in an emergency is an often overlooked area of preparedness. One way to preserve fuel is to use an insulated cooker like the Wonder Oven (also known as a Wonderbox). The Wonderbox was developed in the 1960’s by Anna Pearse, a South African philanthropist, for use […]
Knitted Swiffer Cover
Well, look at what my crafty mom has been up to! I cannot crochet more than a chain stitch which gets me nothing but a long fat piece of yarn, and knitting needles would be more useful to me as chopsticks, but my mom is so talented (and frugal), she knitted herself a swiffer broom […]
Embroidery for Generations
Embroidery has been around for ages. Really. Have you seen some of the fancy stitching on clothing from the 1700’s? What? You haven’t? That’s only my favorite clothing era, so okay, I’ll show you some. Click here for one example, and here for an amazing embroidered wedding gown. And embroidery was around before that as […]
Crazy Week
I cannot believe it is Friday already again! This week has been a bit crazy with home and mom duties. I have been gathering stuff for my emergency notebooks and almost have all the originals I need in one place. Had to order my youngest’s birth certificate and got that now so I think it’s […]