Non yarn FOs
There have been a lot of non-yarn FOs around here lately. There were the products of my spinning class, but due to secret projects, a lot of my knitting is not bloggable. So what's a girl to do?
There was a problem with the site last time I posted, so you may not have seen the entry (with my white+color yarn) or been able to comment on it. I also need to photograph my other skien but I am in a rush today so this will have to do. I got a new job that is a 3 hours a day at an after school program, and I start today!
Well, I baked some bread from an awesome recipe at All Recipes, Grandma Van Doren's white bread. It was very fluffy with a nice crust. I made a regular loaf and a cinnamon loaf. I made cinnamon rolls from a third of it, too. Highly recommended.
Then the weekend project, inspired by Adrian's fantastic terrariums and living in the desert, we made terrariums. I posted the recipe over on livejournal, so I'll put it in the extended entry.
This is the first one, my high concept "Diamond Mine" terrarium which I accomplished using an empty, unused (!) tampon applicator to create the mine shaft, and some glass seed beads.
The second one is more straight forward, and this really is the best picture of this one, I'm not just trying to include more gratuitous cat pictures:
I really want to make another one, since these are so small. I want to get some moss because I'm newly obsessed with moss. It is the cacti, they will do that to you.
Next time I will aim for some bloggable knitting and spinning stuff. In some ways, though, it's nice to have FOs that don't take weeks and months to complete :)
2 glass containers
2 tropical plants from home depot
1 bag peat moss
1 bag potting soil
1 coconut fiber mat (disassembled)
1 carton activated charcoal
rocks from outside
Mix soil: 1/2 peat, 1/2 potting
Wash containers. Put rocks in as drainage layer. Cover with a layer of activated charcoal, followed by a layer of coconut fiber or whole sphagnum moss (not peat moss). Place plants and build up soil around them. Water or mist lightly (2-4 oz depending on size of container) Put in something cute. Cover. Voila! You should not have to water your terrariums very often, once or twice a year, I'm told.
Comments
I love the terrariums! The diamond mine one is so clever and I like the ferny look of the plant. I might have to try this. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Diane | January 23, 2007 2:10 PM