Because I have allergies to most commercial toiletries and cleaning products, I have been thinking about making my own soap for a while. Luckily there was a soap making class at Practicum this year. Unfortunately, there was a lot of scent in the room due to the soap-maker’s artificial fragrance, so I missed most of…
A Fall of Fibre Firsts: Knitting and Crocheting
One morning in early fall 2014, I decided it was time I learned how to crochet and knit. I found some wonderful knitting and crocheting for dummies websites, picked up some yarn and a few needles, and got to work. My first attempt was just to learn how to crochet a bit and learn some…
A Heraldic Bag
Since I don’t like to do things that are simple, I decided I wanted a reversible bag with my heraldry on it. The outside uses colours in my heraldry, the other outside uses just the main feature of my device. Both the outsde and the other outside have pockets. I consider the burgundy side the…
Irish Viking Beads
In the late spring/early summer of 2014, an article circulated around Facebook of some Irish Viking beads. I was intrigued and wanted to give them a shot. Here are the original, extant beads: I had originally intended them to fulfill a request, but the request was cancelled. This is why the beads were done in…