Dirty Hooker » Domestic http://www.dirtyhooker.org/blog Geeks, crafts and irreverence. And sometimes pie. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:44:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Craft Friday: Quilting and math, together at last http://www.dirtyhooker.org/blog/2012/01/27/craft-friday-quilting-and-math-together-at-last http://www.dirtyhooker.org/blog/2012/01/27/craft-friday-quilting-and-math-together-at-last#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:32:07 +0000 Monica http://www.dirtyhooker.org/blog/?p=2965 Dragon Quilt

This is a dragon curve. I don’t understand any of this Wikipedia article. Last night, I had a dream I argued with a former co-worker over independent clauses, so this isn’t my strength.

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Christmas balls

-- From Craft

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And I know what you were thinking, gutter brain. Sheesh. I can’t even run a family blog around here.

Kitchen rack with belts

Spanking not included

 

]]> http://www.dirtyhooker.org/blog/2011/11/11/craft-friday-someones-gettin-a-spanking/feed 0 Craft: Gardening indoors http://www.dirtyhooker.org/blog/2010/10/04/craft-gardening-indoors http://www.dirtyhooker.org/blog/2010/10/04/craft-gardening-indoors#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:07:11 +0000 Monica http://www.dirtyhooker.org/blog/?p=936 Continue reading →]]> This is Devon’s project, inspired by Maker Faire: soda bottle planters. We want to grow herbs, but we have the habit of making our plants dead because we can’t water them regularly when we are out of town, and container plants are touchy like that. This will let us fill the reservoir and come back to live plants.

Basil

Basil and Thyme

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For an ordinary load of laundry, use 1/8 cup per load. You can use any plain, nonscented soap. Most online recipes recommend Fels-Naptha. I couldn’t find it in my grocery store, so I used Octagon All Purpose Bar Soap, and it worked out well.

Laundry Detergent

1 part plain, unscented soap
2 parts Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
2 parts Borax
essential oils or fragrance oils, optional

Grate the soap using a handheld or electric grater. Combine all ingredients and store in a plastic container with a lid.

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