Let me start by saying I am not a professional knitting pattern writer! I’m doing some stash busting (probably better described as “scrap” busting) with my home spun wool (mostly DK to fingerling weight 11-14 wpi) after making socks and hats this winter. These are notes for myself but you are welcome to use them! … Continue reading Cabled mittens knitting pattern
Ahhhhh I do have a fascination with sparkly things lol… I often find salt cellars in yard sales and thrift stores and they fascinate me. They are so pretty! But honestly in today’s age not very useful so I decided to do some upcycling! I also pick up broaches I find pretty at yard sales … Continue reading Recycled crystal salt cellar
As a child I would collect acorn tops! They made great whistles! But I also imagined that fairies and gnomes and small critters like chipmunks and squirrels (yeah my size dimensions were a bit off as a child lol) would obviously wear acorn tops as hats! Heck if I could find an acorn top big … Continue reading Acorn-top hat knitting pattern
We love our electric turkey cooker. It makes a fabulous turkey! With the holidays it gets a lot of use! but it has so much potential for other uses as well! Well worth the purchase! 2023 Christmas dinner … it even makes a nice brown roasted skin and the dripping are used for broth and … Continue reading How to use an electric turkey cooker for other things… and some other helpful tips and kitchen tools.
Dad and I have always wanted a small greenhouse. Of course we always envisioned a glass Victorian structure of times past, but that’s beyond our budgets lol so we decided to purchase a modern one to make our dreams come true. Of course dad and I are both up there in the years but why … Continue reading New greenhouse! Yay!
We came up with this helpful little RV hack last year, but I wanted to wait to post about it until we had some long term testing data. The problem: we kept having wasps going into the compartment on the outside of the RV behind the refrigerator and building nests. This is not fun because … Continue reading How to Keep Wasps out of RV Refrigerator Compartment (exterior)
If you are in to crafting, this is a simple project that works great in the smelly RV toilet area. No matter how much cleaning and septic smelly good chemicals you use… there is always that stinky septic tank smell that wafts up… especially on hot summer days! ugh! Nasty! What to do besides hold … Continue reading How To Combat Stinky RV Toilet/Septic Smells
If you have never been swarmed with the Asian Lady Beetles then consider yourself lucky! Those little buggers may look like cute lady bugs but they are a menace! They are a orange/brown color not like the red lady bug. They also bite! Their sting is rather painful and similar to a sweat bee. Enough … Continue reading How To Keep Those Asian Lady Beetles From Invading the Home and RV
One of the things we did first was to remove the RV dinette set and replace it with this small desk and chair set and a matching storage unit that also serves as a coffee table beside the couch. If you are a crafter or work while traveling this little modification has been a really … Continue reading Follow Up On The RV Window Tinting Project
I have to give my dad credit for this little invention, as this was all his idea. This little table has been in use for 20+ years now and holding strong! It’s very easy to make and relatively inexpensive too! I do have to be careful not to put a super long table cloth on … Continue reading RV Steering Wheel Table
Conestoga Chuck 