Hobbies and Crafts

That yarn was very pretty but as Island says what on earth does Kool aid do to your inside.
Thinking about it though probably doesn't reach a higher enough temperature. Phew!!!

I've dyed rainbow yarn with wool dyes and it was very pretty and easy enough to do.
I'll see if I can find it and take some photos.
Off to look at blog now.
<3 Von
BTW silk has changed colour but the snow is taking an age to melt. Maybe I piled up too high. Either that or my kitchen is freezing. :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

How is the silk doing Von?

Ann
It's drying at present.
I had to leave it as had my little people to stay.
I'll steam it in the morning all being well.
Von

Ann
I've sent you some photos for blog
Von

Von, photos on the blog.

Thank you Ann.

Edit Jean I've answered your question on the blog
Take care
Von

I've put another comment on the blog to you Von.

Im very excited
My daughter who has just moved house has given me her old computer table.

It is much stronger than my other one, which will now be my "picnic on the verandah table"

My "new" table has a metal base, the top being deeper than the other one, but not as long. so now I can even open my cupboards without moving the desk.

Perfect, and it has two holes in it to take power cords for my sewing machine. I feel like setting up my machine again.

I bet if you did you'd get a buyer for the house Moonbi. Lovely to have the new table though. :-)

Just spent half an hour unclogging the nozzle of my Anita's tacky glue. Anyone got any tips for avoiding it blocking? I have tried all sorts. It is water soluble but in the nozzle it ends up like chewing gum!!!

Try Thick darning needle or change your glue :-D :-D :-D

Thanks for that Jean :-D But I like the glue and it lasts ages if I can only keep it unclogged. It dries clear so is very useful. Use it a lot in scrap booking, when I am not using double sided tape which is my preferred methos. Have also got a sticky glue pen (Stick it) but that dries up very quickly.

Ann
Sorry i hadn't been back to bog.
I'm not sure what I will use the cloth for as yet as usually I use these pieces as a base and print on them which changes the look.
I don't feel like doing that to this piece. I did think about using some for a necklace so at present it's sitting on my table waiting for me to make up my mind. :-) :-) :-)

As to your glue I sometimes leave one of those long pins with a bead on the end in the nozzle when I have finished using it.
Seems to work.
Take care
Von

Thanks for that Von, the hole is a bit large for a pin though I think. I have got a wooden pick in there at the moment but I need to make sure it doesn't stick in the hole which would rather defeat the object :-D

Ann
would a match stick be suitable to use in the glue nozzle ?

It might be moonbi if I shaved a bit off but being wooden might have the same problem as a cocktail stick. It might stick. at the moment I have a plastic covered paper clip (unwound) in there so will see how that goes.

Just reading a craft mag and wondered. Does anyone else have a problem sorting out what exactly is vintage style paper?

I see on this page - 10 of the best vintage style papers - that it seems to cover almost every pattern under the sun from floral to stripes to newsprint. So it seems anything goes!

Hi Ann

Would one of those pins with a small ball on the end do. That is what I use.

It might if I could find a thicker than usual one as the nozzle is a bit bigger than usual. Will have to look out for one, thanks.

If a normal sized glass headed pin is too small,
maybe what you could try is a quilters pin. they are thicker, and longer and have a larger glass head.

I use then for pinning my quilt sandwich before i tack the layers together.