Purchasing hand colored yarn seems simple at first, however consumers should look at their options carefully. It is easy to be drawn into the colorful virtual candy store of artist dyed yarns, and get carried...
There is a rising number of companies out there taunting black soap with claims of having direct roots in Africa and possessing healing qualities and benefits identical to the traditional tribal made black...
Wood Common Names In this guide,'wood' refers to either the tree or the wood from the tree.Botanical name (or scientific name)is the genus and species of the tree. It's often difficult to pin down a wood as to...
Testing Fabrics for Fiber Content Today, with modern technologies and the blending of many different fibers, a microscope and chemicals would be needed to really test for fiber content. However, the burn test...
Now you have it!--a beautiful piece of fabric. But how can you tell the fiber content? Aside from having a label or bill of sale, you'll have to test it. The burn test is a simple test where you burn a sample...
As a student with a passion for sewing, I've realized that having a hobby that takes large quantities of fabric (many varieties of which can cost upwards of $30 or even $50 a yard!) can be very expensive. EBay...
Marseille soap Those big blocks of olive oil based soaps you see all over the South of France have been produced for over 1,000 years! Production of this famous soap was codified...
I come from a long line of soap makers. My mother made soap, my grandmother was considered a master soap maker and her mother and her grandmother before her also made soap. Since I come from a pioneer...
The easiest way to tell the content of the fabric is to perform a burn test. This is the second-best way of identifying fabrics - the best is to examine the fibers under a microscope. Before you perform the...
Tips to save good hardwood with a table saw, router, or planer.Don't plane wood on just one side. Many times the wood will cup unevenly. Reduce the chance of having a piece of cherry wood or black walnut cup....