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[TVC]

You can visit before if you want.

Don't you have to consult the man of the house first?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Exactly, if say you get £100 for the bike but you think it is going to take 2 years, or 100 weeks to pay down the debt then the effect is just £1 a week. Surely for your happiness and well being, £1 a week to hold on to something that makes you happier is worth it.

Besides, @User21629 , from what I've heard about last year's Kent social rides, bikes get people out meeting people. Better than a dating app on a phone, I reckon....

 

[TVC]

I'm going to have to have a go at this crocheting lark.

 

[HertzvanRental]

I'm going to have to have a go at this crocheting lark.

You need a mallet and some hoops!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Don't you have to consult the man of the house first?

Henry's cool with @hopless500

 

[hopless500]

Don't you have to consult the man of the house first?

Henry is always pleased to see his Aunty Hop

 

[potsy]

I'm going to have to have a go at this crocheting lark.

Well you do need something to pass the time, with you spending so much of it in your sickbed

 

[potsy]

One day to go, then five off, plenty of time for a bike ride or two

 

[Smithbat]

I'm going to have to have a go at this crocheting lark.

My dad taught me how to do basic singles. The rest I learned from YouTube

 

[EltonFrog]

I've just had a bowl of cereal.

 

[Speicher]

I must say, the instructions for the ripple blanket were so easy to follow. This is my progress so far.
View attachment 337942

Was that in Attic 24?

 

[Speicher]

Talking of crafty things. I need to sieve a large, very large, (about 40 cubic feet of compost) quantity of my garden compost. Domestic garden sieves have very small holes, and it would take forever, unless @User14044 visits and helps me, of course.
I want to remove the twigs (that have not decomposted) from at least half that volume of most excellent home-made compost.

Anyway, long story short, apart from buying welded metal mesh there seems to be few alternatives.

Have the "crafty" (in the nicest possible way) people on here done weaving with willow? If I bought lots of willow sticks, and soak them, I could weave my own "sieve". If one section broke, I could presumably replace it, with another piece. How bendy is soaked willow? Or would I need to tie some of the sticks at right angles to each other? Any helpful comments would be appreciated.

On second thoughts should I start a new thread on this so that peeps like User9609 see it?

 

[summerdays]

Talking of crafty things. I need to sieve a large, very large, (about 40 cubic feet of compost) quantity of my garden compost. Domestic garden sieves have very small holes, and it would take forever, unless @User14044 visits and helps me, of course.
I want to remove the twigs (that have not decomposted) from at least half that volume of most excellent home-made compost.

Anyway, long story short, apart from buying welded metal mesh there seems to be few alternatives.

Have the "crafty" (in the nicest possible way) people on here done weaving with willow? If I bought lots of willow sticks, and soak them, I could weave my own "sieve". If one section broke, I could presumably replace it, with another piece. How bendy is soaked willow? Or would I need to tie some of the sticks at right angles to each other? Any helpful comments would be appreciated.

My mum has done some weaving with willow (I think), with the WI. She made a structure for plants to grow up (I know it has a name but my mind has gone blank....). I think she did soak the branches first.

I must admit I bought one of those garden sieves from Aldi.

 

[Speicher]

I have two of the usual type (about 15" diameter) but the holes are way too small. I have now started a thread in Cafê about this, to capture a wider audience, as it were.

 

[Reynard]

@Speicher - you could bodge a small plastic hula hoop and some chicken wire in the mean time.