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Cycle your way to clean laundry with the Bike Washing Machine. Master multitaskers find creative ways to maximise time efficiency by doing seemingly unrelated things all at once – a little like the Bike Washing Machine, which does your laundry, hosts your home workout, conserves energy, saves space, and brings a smile to your face.

Cycle your way to clean laundry with the Bike Washing Machine

Since technological advancements are so often born out of human necessity, the Bike Washing Machine aims to check a whole lot of problems off the list, with just one home appliance. The idea seems to be that you would buy the Bike Washing Machine instead of any other washing machine. How To Build A Bicycle Generator.

The intention of this project is to build a straight forward human powered generator from a used bicycle and to use it to power light bulbs, blenders, cell phones, laptops, and other small appliances.

How To Build A Bicycle Generator

This project will help one develop engineering skills while learning about a clean way of generating electricity. The project was created as part of Infrastructure Academy's environmental technology curriculum for high school students, so it is intended to be both achievable and affordable. Before continuing with the actual bicycle generator, one should understand how it works, and the components that make it up. View the PowerPoint presentation before moving on to the next step. The evolution of juggling: Jay Gilligan at TEDxHelsinki. Atty's. UK Festival Summer jobs at Glastonbury and more! Festival Jobs galore!

UK Festival Summer jobs at Glastonbury and more!

Red Radish are fast becoming the number one choice of festival organisers for all their crew catering requirements. This means we urgently need wonderful people to join our ever expanding team of chefs, front of house staff, kitchen porters, waiters and waitresses. Arm Knit a Blanket in 45 Minutes. Posted on March 21, 2014 by Maggie in DIY Projects, Knit and Crochet Knit a blanket in just 45 minutes using your arms as the needles.Premier Yarns is restocking all colors on their website.

Arm Knit a Blanket in 45 Minutes

Click the link on the bottom of this post to purchase your yarn. Here is the step by step video tutorial: Pattern:Cast on 18 stitches using the long tail cast on methodKnit 32 rows (including the cast on row)Bind offWeave in the endsProducts I used:11 Skeins of Premier Yarns Couture Jazz in the color BeigeMeasurements:Approximately 5′ by 3′Share your pictures on my Simply Maggie Facebook Page! -Simply Maggie. DIY Summer shorts (free pattern) Hello DIY’er!

DIY Summer shorts (free pattern)

I hope you are enjoying the summer and the heat… As I saw that you liked both posts with patterns included, I created a simple pattern of a summer shorts you can make with the fabric you like. It’s a basic pattern which you can you can use as you like depending on what fabric you choose and the finishing touches you prefer. Are you ready to sew DIY summer shorts from scratch? Couture. Get Involved - Shambala Festival. If you want to join us in 2015 to create, perform, work or anything else, then please get your thinking caps on!!

Get Involved - Shambala Festival

The first wave of applications are now ready so what are you waiting for? If you are a trader or want to work as part of our production teams with the bar, medical, litter picking or stewarding teams please go HERE. NB If you have problems submitting an application it is likely to be because your browser is out of date. For example, the application system only fully supports the later versions of Internet Explorer ( 9 & 10, but 8 or before and you may have trouble!). If you need to update your computer, Firefox and Chrome are good free open source options. Freebie Friday: Cozy Crocheted Slipper Boots. 1 Nov Sarah Goldstein With Thanksgiving around the corner, the holidays just beyond that, and winter starting to creep around the edges of Fall, I’m feeling the need to find ways to get cozy and hunker down for winter.

Freebie Friday: Cozy Crocheted Slipper Boots

Some of my favorite winter treats to indulge in are: hot chocolate, sleeping under a down comforter, sticking oranges full of cloves… and pulling my cozier pair of slippers out of the closet. With these thoughts in mind, I’ve decided that my next crochet project will be a pair of cozy slipper boots. I found a great pattern in one of the books on my bookshelf at work and I can’t wait to give it a try. Anyone want to try it along with me? Crochet Free Project Download – Cozy Slipper Boots If you feel particularly inspired, check out the full book – it’s got several great projects like this one! Lace-knitted Kindle Cosy - Free Knitting Patterns - Homewares Patterns - Let's Knit Magazine.

Challenges Abroad UK – Amazing Travel And Volunteer Experiences Challenges Abroad UK - Amazing Travel And Volunteer Experiences. Childreach International. Lots of Free Crochet Afghan Patterns … Perfect for Scrapghans. As shown clockwise from top to center: Granny Hexagons, Vintage Wobble Afghan, Happy Colours Blanket, Classic Granny Square Afghan, Blackberry Salad Striped Baby Blanket, Granny Square Sampler, Groovy-ghan, Modern Mitered Granny Square.

Lots of Free Crochet Afghan Patterns … Perfect for Scrapghans

Our ongoing Scrapghan crochet along is underway with lots of beautiful scrappy projects. I love seeing all the different colors and designs! A Man Pours Glowing Goo Into Rotten Wood. The Results? Out Of This World! Jackson Rogue Touring Kayak - Jackson from NorthShore Watersports UK. One boat with two distinctly different personalities.

Jackson Rogue Touring Kayak - Jackson from NorthShore Watersports UK

Viking River Cruises - World's Leading River Cruise Line! DIY Ice Cream Sundae Bar. My Darling Vegan. Last week I made some good progress on the raw desserts ebook by completing two more recipes.

My Darling Vegan

Very exciting! The process of creating recipes is a chaotic one, especially for me. This is not an unusual method when taking notes: And in the middle of dehydrating tart shells, freezing shortbread, testing lemon bars, making streusel, and developing a raw pastry cream through the inevitable process of trial and error, I found myself with an unused batch of raw lemon curd.

The timing couldn’t have been better since I was just about to make a Lemon Pound Cake for Eden’s first birthday and was not to enthused about the idea of complicating my already complicated baking life by introducing another recipe to the madness. And the lemon curd was a great counterpart to the sweet, rich pound cake iced with cream cheese frosted. Raw Lemon Curdmakes about 2 cups Drain and rinse cashews. Or you could just eat it with a spoon. What is your favorite use for Lemon Curd? You might also like: Replacing Eggs. My Darling Vegan. Eden hates my Vitamix. This makes it a bit hard to enjoy this awesome machine I finally purchased. It all started with this recipe. Gooderstone Water Gardens Norfolk Norwich Water Garden East Anglia UK. Vintage underwear patterns on Pinterest. Jalie 2568 - Women's Underwear Pattern - Jalie Sewing Patterns. Tutorial: Sewing Panties. This post is part of the Stretch Yourself series, hosted by Miriam of Mad Mim and Miranda of One Little Minute.

It is a two week long series about sewing with knits that have started last week, covering various topics like fabric selection, pattern-making, construction, finishing techniques with various style and projects by 10 guest bloggers.

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