Flagship Project: Building A Boat
This was a long and tough project - I built my own boat - The Snow Pea - starting completely from scratch, with no experience of boatbuilding
Other Projects And Craft Articles
Project Samwise - Grocery Gardening
This year, 2010, I'm going to be growing vegetables in a small plot in my garden, but I'm going to do this without visiting the garden centre or hardware store for seeds - I'll be starting using nothing more than seeds and vegetables from my kitchen.
More Drink Can Tinwork - Printing
My page on making little decorative boxes out of recycled drink cans was enormously popular - but what else can we do using these techniques? - I've been experimenting with printing.
Recycled Christmas Card Gift Boxes
These little gift boxes are made from recycled Christmas cards - they're easy to make and can be filled with tasty treats or small gifts for the tree or as stocking fillers.
Lost Wax Casting
I fancy having a go at metal casting - I'm going to start by trying the lost wax method.
Lucet Cord Making
The lucet is a device of ancient origin, used for knitting yarn into strong, slightly elastic cord that has historically been used for many purposes, including lacing clothing
Using A Braiding Board
I made a braiding board out of a piece of coconut shell (they can also be made from ordinary wood, or even just stiff card).
In this article, I'll demonstrate how it can be used to produce a variety of decorative and useful braided cords and ribbons.
Out Of A Nutshell
I like coconut - I was opening one the other day and started wondering what I could make out of the tough, durable shells.
Prospecting For Micrometeorites
My roof guttering downpipe was blocked - I collected the trapped soil and sediment blocking it and searched it for micrometeorites.
Plastic Bag Recycling
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.
Natural Clay
I collected some natural clay from a river bank - with a view to making a pot and firing it in a wood or charcoal fire.
Drink Can Tinwork
Soft drink cans are easily recyclable as scrap metal, but I fancied trying something a little more direct - a simplified form of tinwork
Working With Plastic Bag Yarn On A Knitting Loom
I'm using a knitting loom designed on the same principles as the French knitting bobbin, but larger - and this time, I'm going to knit with a recycled material instead of wool - plastic bag yarn
The Two-Hour Trebuchet
Using only scrap timber, I built a tennis-ball-launching trebuchet in less than two hours.
French Knitting
French knitting has been around for centuries - here's how to make and use a French knitting kit
Berry Picker
I can't quite decide if Heath Robinson would nod approvingly, or run away screaming - my berry picker isn't going to win any design awards, but will it actually work?
