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Beatrix
Experiment!
23. April 2024
The video doesn´t work (at least for me). If I click on "activate" or the play-button it just disapp...
Katrin
Spinning Speed Ponderings, Part I.
15. April 2024
As far as I know, some fabrics do get washed before they are sold, and some might not be. But I can'...
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Spinning Speed Ponderings, Part I.
15. April 2024
I have seen you say few times that "no textile ever is finished before it's been wet and dried again...
Katrin
How on earth did they do it?
27. März 2024
Ah, that's good to know! I might have a look around just out of curiosity.
I've since learned that w...
Heather Athebyne
How on earth did they do it?
25. März 2024
...though not entirely easy. I've been able to get my hands on a few strands over the years for Geor...
Pittsburgh Cookie Table.
Sometimes you read something on the 'net, and then you follow a link, and then you read something else and there's another link and suddenly you go "oh. Oh. Oh wow" because you have just discovered something weird and/or awesome.
That happened to me when I stumbled across the Pittsburgh Cookie Table. In case you are just as unknowing as I was before, there's a tradition in Pittsburgh (and a few other spots, but mainly there) where you have a table with lots of cookies for special occasions, such as weddings. Wikipedia knows about this, of course - but if you really want to be smacked in the eyes with lots and lots of cookies, a picture search will do nicely.
If you are looking for recipes now, there are a few (together with more pictures) linked to on this page. A few definitely sound intriguing - though I think I'll stay mostly with my old favourites for the Christmas baking...
That happened to me when I stumbled across the Pittsburgh Cookie Table. In case you are just as unknowing as I was before, there's a tradition in Pittsburgh (and a few other spots, but mainly there) where you have a table with lots of cookies for special occasions, such as weddings. Wikipedia knows about this, of course - but if you really want to be smacked in the eyes with lots and lots of cookies, a picture search will do nicely.
If you are looking for recipes now, there are a few (together with more pictures) linked to on this page. A few definitely sound intriguing - though I think I'll stay mostly with my old favourites for the Christmas baking...
