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. . . even more so than the world of pickled onions. There you have it, you’ve been warned, it’ll be complex and it takes balls of steel to see it through. Here’s a step by step guide: Grow some beets, not any beets, they have to be the right beets. I find beetROOTs to [...]
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We’ve had something of a bumper onion crop this year which kind of left us in a quandry as to what to do with all the extras. The answer was clearly simple and tasty … my fav type of answer. PICKLING! The most arduous part of doing this was picking and peeling them, the [...]
The Weave-It loom was popular way back when my parents were small children. They’ve enjoyed a rise in popularity again of late with a plethora of content on the web for interested parties. Being a thrifty person I had a go at making my own out of a milk carton box…success! All I did was [...]
I was browsing through the photos on Alisa Burke’s site earlier (on this post) and her picture of the 3 shells reminded me of reading many months ago about a process to create a natural colour palette that can be used in any art or craft. I grabbed a picture of the new shoots in [...]
I have often looked at yoghurt making devices in the shop and wondered if there is a way to make my own that doesn’t require me to have yet another kitchen appliance that undoubtedly would be used once and never again. The good news is I’ve found the simplest way to make yoghurt with just [...]
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I made this cake at the request of my wee boy who wanted it for his seventh birthday, no doubt he wanted it due to the large quantities of chocolate involved and the extremely pretty picture in the recipe book which was all swirls and twirls of chocolate … not a finish I was able [...]
Back in April I entered a competition on the Craft Scotland website to win a copy of Papermaking and Bookbinding: Coastal Inspirations by Joanne B Kaar and was delighted to learn a few weeks ago that I was one of the lucky winners. I was even more delighted when I received my book last week [...]
Those that know me will realise that I enjoy my politics, what they may not realise is that every time there is a major election (Westminster or Holyrood) I enjoy sitting up through the night watching the results coming in and waiting to see if any of the most irritating politicians will be losing their [...]
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As promised, here’s a quick how to for making your own wooden crochet hook. These are easy to make but you will probably need to practice before the shape is akin to a mass manufactured crochet hook. I know I need to practice more on the shape. The thing is, these work regardless of how [...]
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I made a paperweight! decorated a stone and called it a paperweight! It’s just a painted stone with varnish to protect the paint. I’ve learned a couple of things in the process – black felt tip isn’t black, it’s blue and clear varnish isn’t clear, it’s brown. Anyway, it works as a paperweight, which wouldn’t [...]
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