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Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn

Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn
Recently a commenter asked what they could do with all the old newspapers they had piling up. With enough time, patience, and newspapers you can create newspaper yarn. From the design studios of Greetje van Tiem and her “Indruk” project she can purportedly spins 20yds of “yarn” from a sheet of old newspaper. Similar to our post on Plarn, newspaper yarn can be woven into varying degrees of complexity to construct anything from curtains, to rugs, netting throws, or even upholstery. Its strength may be slightly less that of yarn but when spun tightly and woven into something like a mat the newspaper yarn is a durable and functional structure. This great craft can create usable additions around the home and is a upcycle for your Sunday Post. Of course the question is "how to spin newspaper yarn?" You will need: ScissorsNewspaperSpindle 1) Take a full sheet from your paper and fold in to about fourths. 2) Cut half inch strips along the width of this folded paper. More Recycled Craft Ideas

Free Skirt Patterns Free Skirt Patterns Posted on | January 6, 2013 | 17 Comments Five years ago, it was hard to find even one free skirt pat­tern on the in­ter­net. Now­a­days, doz­ens of free skirt pat­terns abound. For beginners, try a simple elastic waistband skirt or a pillowcase skirt. Ad­vanced seam­stres­ses might enjoy try­ing their hand at an a-line skirt or an 8 gore skirt. Here are some free skirt patterns that I especial­ly like. Recycled Skirts A-Line Skirts Peasant Skirts Maternity Skirts Mini Skirts Quick Skirts Other Skirts Read More : Sewing or Home Category: SewingTags: Clothing , Sewing , Skirts Comments 17 Responses to “Free Skirt Patterns” Vera Woodbridge February 3rd, 2010 @ 4:21 pm I would like a pattern for a circular skirt, please Many thanks Jayla February 14th, 2010 @ 3:50 am Thank you so much for this! Leave a Reply Categories

Preparedness Project - A Jar of Candles! A Jar of Candles with a TWIST! Today's project will cost about $1.50 to make, but will be a great help in a power outage. You will need: 1 Quart Canning Jar (Regular or Wide Mouth) Amazing Goop Craft Contact Adhesive and Sealant (We used the Clear Transparent Goop) and 1/2" Plumbers Cap That's all you need to create this project! Instructions: Take off the ring and jar lid. Flip jar lid so that the seal is facing away from the jar. Replace the lid with the seal side up. Apply a pea-sized amount of the glue to the center of the lid, and the bottom end of the plumbers cap. Let each piece sit for 40 seconds. Put the glue-side of the cap to the glue-side of the jar lid. Make sure it's centered on the lid. Allow to dry over-night with the cap on the outside of the jar. Fill the jar with 1/2" candles and a small box of matches. Reverse lid so that the plumbers cap is now inside the jar. Tighten the ring. You now have a waterproof emergency light source! Wait 24 hours before you use the jar. Note: No worries . . .

The 29 Best Charlie Sheen Quotes: The Definitive List from Charlie Sheen Quotes Wow, so this Charlie Sheen quote machine just won't slow down. I think it's safe to say that there's never been a human being in the history of talking human beings who has had so many amazing quotes. So many! And the scary thing is that it's been less than a week. Yogi Berra took like twenty years to come up with what, seven solid quotes? That in mind, we thought we'd just start keeping a tally of all his groundbreaking quotables. “I have a disease? Any you think deserve to be up here?

How to Build Your Food Storage On Only $5 a Week Think you can’t handle the price of food storage? Think again. I was over at LDSPreppers today and found a great post in the forums by “AZPrepper”. He basically came up with a list of $5 food items that you can purchase each week for a year to build up your food storage for you and someone else. Although he mentions that some of the food costs may have changed, the general concept and estimate should still be worth your while. Here’s the list of what to buy each week: He also mentions that some weeks you will have leftover change. After you have completed this list, you will end up with: 500 lbs of wheat180 lbs of sugar40 lbs of powdered milk12 lbs of salt10 lbs of honey5 lbs of peanut butter45 cans of tomato soup15 cans of cream of mushroom soup15 cans of cream of chicken soup24 cans of tuna21 boxes of macaroni & cheese500 aspirin1000 multi-vitamins6 lbs of yeast6 lbs of shortening12 lbs of macaroni

Beauty Secrets of the Ancient Egyptians By Judith Illes Gaze at the myriad portraits of ancient Egyptians and what looks back? Consistent meticulously and beautifully outlined and ornamented eyes. It is virtually impossible to find a portrait of an ancient Egyptian whose eyes are not decorated. Although we know the Egyptians possessed the equivalent of our rouge, lip-gloss and nail polish, these were used only upon occasion, apparently as a matter of personal preference, style and fashion. As we have seen to be typical of the ancient Egyptians, they took a truly holistic approach to the concept of eye makeup. The Egyptians used two types of eye makeup: Udju was made from green malachite (green ore of copper) from Sinai. Mesdemet, a dark gray ore of lead, was derived from either stibnite (antimony sulphide) or, more typically, galena (lead sulphide.) The packaging and preparation of eye makeup was quite different from what we are used to today. In ancient Egypt, preparations were a little more extensive. Prior Issues

How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously) You can travel the world for less money than you spend each month to fill up your gas tank. WORLD TRAVEL is cheap and easy. In fact, with a little practice and effort, you can travel for free. The idea that travel is expensive and difficult is bullshit peddled by tour companies, hotel chains, and corporate media. The tourism industry doesn’t want me to reveal the simple secrets of free travel, but I’m going to share them with you anyway. 1. Travel frees you from the grind of daily routine. The joy of new experience is the most wonderful thing about world travel — and new experiences are free. The simple joy of being in a new place is just a matter of…wait for it…going someplace new. 2. The modern American economy is built on the false premise that people need to buy new goods and services all the time. People need fresh air, healthy food, clean water, exercise, creative stimulation, companionship, self-esteem, and a safe place to sleep. For fresh air, go outside. 3. Time is not money.

The Ultimate House Cleaning Calendar - Manage Your Life on Shine From 2,001 Amazing Cleaning Secrets Here's the scoop on what to clean and how often. Wanting to keep a clean home doesn't mean you have time to polish your silver every week. We spoke with cleaning experts who have both feet solidly planted in the real world and asked how often specific cleaning tasks really need to be done. Here's the scoop on what to clean and how often: Put things away when you finish using them. Dust-mop hardwood floors to prevent scratching from dirt. Wipe or vacuum baseboards and blinds. Polish wood furniture. Wash windows inside and out. Move heavy furniture to clean behind and underneath.

Online Speed Reading tools and software Simply start by clicking on the Play button on the left. Reading is that one activity that we do every day but we don't really practice. Most people learn the basics of reading in kindergarten and never graduate to the next levels. You are probably using the same basic rudimental tools and techniques that you learned when you were 6. The average American person reads at an average speed of 180 to 240 words per minute and has done so since he was 16 years old. Does it make sense that we hit our best performance at age 16 and that we don't improve much after that? Keep in mind less than 10% read at 400 words per minute and less than 1% faster than 600. Have you ever wished you could take one of those costly speed reading courses? The problem with those courses is that you have to keep practicing those techniques until they become second nature. That's the goal of this site. We are here to keep you focused and to help you improve your speed reading everyday. What is sub-vocalization?

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