Sunday, August 15, 2010
By Mike on Sunday, August 15, 2010, 08:50
We took a trip to picturesque Lulworth Cove with my little boat - the Snow Pea, complete with sailing rig - and spent a couple of very pleasant and serene hours sailing around the cove.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
By Mike on Sunday, January 17, 2010, 23:38
I'm going to try to build a sail rig for the Snow Pea.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
By Mike on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 15:53
Starting on 1st December 2009, I picked every dropped coin I saw, saving them up in a jar.
I'm planning to keep this up for a whole year - so at the start of December 2010 - hoping to have accumulated enough found money to be able to do something useful...
Sunday, September 6, 2009
By Mike on Sunday, September 6, 2009, 22:43
September 2009: Owing to the conspiracy of a number of different factors in my life and circumstances, I'm ashamed to say that the Snow Pea languished in my garage not only for the winter of 2007, but for the whole year of 2008 and most of the summer of 2009.
However, this is about to be remedied...
Sunday, June 14, 2009
By Mike on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 19:28
5-day weather forecasts are available from a number of sources now - but how accurate are they, really?
Friday, January 30, 2009
By Mike on Friday, January 30, 2009, 21:22
Another bash at recycling plastic bags by knitting with them, but this time with a couple of differences - I'm only going to use bags that are at end-of-life - that is, otherwise to be thrown away, and I'm making something sturdy durable and useful - a basket.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
By Mike on Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 00:35
This knitting loom is designed on exactly the same principles as the French knitting bobbin in previous articles - it's just bigger, with more pegs.
But I'm going to use a recycled material this time - plastic bag yarn
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
By Mike on Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 14:04
The purpose of this project was to design and create a working model trebuchet - capable of launching tennis balls - and manufactured from scrap materials in as short a time as possible.
With that in mind, it's not going to be a beautiful, efficient or durable machine, but hopefully it will still work...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
By Mike on Sunday, August 24, 2008, 21:52
On the previous page, I detailed the making of my French knitting bobbin - now let's see how to use it...
Saturday, August 23, 2008
By Mike on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 21:43
French knitting has been around for centuries - here's how to make and use a French knitting kit
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