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Too much vinegar in clay - how to get back plasticity
I've added too much vinegar to my clay and made it too sticky. Is there any fast way to get back the plasticity other than just slowly drying and then adding water back in? Would an alkaline solution work - a little bicarb in the water?
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Is it okay to cast off for neckline near crosses (cables)?
My wife is knitting me this wonderful cabled sweater pattern: https://knitrowan.com/en/free-patterns/cole and she is about to finish the back panel. However, the very last RS row before casting off for the neck has a Cr12F and a Cr12B in it. Then…
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How much noise does an airbrush compressor make?
I'm looking into buying an airbrush for miniature painting. For this I need a compressor. I would be using this in the house and would like to do so without the noise disturbing the rest of the family too much.
I'm not familiar with how loud this…
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Proper disposal: Can oil colors spontaneously combust?
It is clear from what I can google that rags soaked in linseed oil and similar must be taken special care of because they could catch fire while drying. Is this also the case for rags, etc., with oil colors straight out the tube?
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Why and how do some people use circular knitting needles when working flat / not in the round?
Some people use circular knitting needles when they are working flat, aka not working in the round. Why is that and how does it work?
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How to knit a button loop?
If knitting an item which needs a button to secure something - like a button on the back of a pair of glittens, (a fingerless glove with a retractable mitten) how would you knit this into a row? Assume, say a 27 st per row, and the loop would be in…
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Knitting pattern in the round
I’m following a pattern for an infinity scarf and it’s knit in the round. I can’t make sense of the cast-on portion of the pattern:
Cast-on and Setup rounds:
“CO 136 (4 repeats), CO 170 stitches (5 repeats)”
It then goes on to say “cast-on and join,…
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How to ferment green indigo powder to make it blue
I have bought indigo powder to color my soaps blue (cold/hot process saponification). Unfortunately I received something which color is closer to match than blue jeans...
After some internet research I found that what I have is unfermented indigo…
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How to give a mitt knit in the round a pointy finish?
I'm trying to recreate a certain style of historical mitts:
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I have worked from the bottom edge (at the ellbow) up in the round and are now at the point where I need to form the pointy finish. Since I don't have any…
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How Can I Create the Metal Comb of a Music Box?
I want to design and create my own music box by hand. I'm looking for a way to create the metal comb/teeth. It would need to be a thin but sturdy metal in order for it to make tones.
I'm looking for a cheap way of making these, as I would need to…
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Framing A3 Print
I recently purchased 7 A3 prints from my good friend, in order to liven up my house. However, having not thought this through, I am unsure how to best frame them?
I do not wish for the quality of the print to degrade quickly. Is it preferential to…
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What can I do to store and segregate my embroidery thread?
Was thinking about starting some simple cross stitching projects. I can usually pick up some cheap embroidery skeins in a large pack.
The problem I have had in the past, and from what I have seen of other thread collections, is that once you take…
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How to identify the level of tooth a paper has?
I have 145 gsm Cartridge paper in my house. I want to know whether it is great for colored pencil drawing or not.
I am told that toothed paper is great for colored pencils. So, I want to know how to find what level of tooth the paper has.
What would…
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Soap not hardening
I am tried to make soap using cold process saponification.
I used 25% coconut oil, 25% olive oil and 50% sunflower oil (what I had in my kitchen for this first try) and used a lye calculator to define the amount of lye and water for a 7%…
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How can I get a wooden box to close straight down?
I looking into getting a Hobby Lobby wooden artist box / case fitted to that can place my gaming cards into it. One of the issues is where the lid closes and vertical object located near there will rub against the list. This is fine for dividers and…
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