99 Life Hacks to make your life easier! - Imeimei Spud & Chloë — Blog Hi Spud & Chloë Friends, Before I went to TNNA, a couple of weeks ago, I quickly whipped up 9 tiny flowers in our Spud & Chloë Fine. My goal was to make my store-bought cardigan a bit more special. I think it worked. If you want to add a flower or two to something or other here is the simple pattern for you to follow. Blooms Yarn: Spud & Chloë Fine (80% superwash wool, 20% silk), a tiny bit in each color, Popcorn #7800, Glow Worm #7801, Clementine #7802, Dachshund #7803, Cricket #7804, Anemone #7805, Calypso #7806, Tutu #7807, Sassafras #7808 Crochet hook: Size 1 Chain 4 and join to form a ring with a slip stitch. Chain 1. *Chain 4. Cut the yarn and pull it through the stitch. That’s it! Let me think of all of the things, knit or store-bought, you could flower up in style: Have fun.
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How to Make Simple Crochet Slippers « Crafts IMPORTANT NOTE: This pattern uses US crochet terminology. You can find the SLIPPER SIZE, YARN and HOOK specifications at the end of this article !!! (To see more of my patterns, please visit my ONLINE SHOP!) I am an addict. An addict for crochet slippers. It all began when I saw slippers similar to these somewhere on the internet. I loved them so much I couldn’t get their tempting image out of my head. All I needed was a pattern. But because I am terribly, terribly impatient, I found creating my own pattern quicker than looking for an official one on the web. And since I’m no crochet guru, the pattern turned out to be really simple. Actually, these slippers might be the simplest slippers in the universe. Or not. But they might. This is what I did… Round 1: 5 ch (chain stitch); join into ring with sl st (slip stitch) Round 2: 3 ch; 7 dc (double crochet stitch) into the center of the ring; join with sl st Round 3: 3 ch; 1 dc into first stitch; 2 dc into each next stitch; join with sl st Row 14: turn (!)
25 Psychological Life Hacks Social situations are among the most important in our lives. Yet, there is a huge chance that you are oblivious to the plethora of unwritten social rules that structure everybody’s behaviour. Failing to comply to these cultural imprints can cause irreversible damage. Just following them blindly will not get you ahead. Hacking them, however, will give you the best results possible. 1) Assume comfort in any interaction. Our brain is an incredibly complicated instrument. In most of our social interactions, we find it difficult to feel comfortable among strangers because our brain tries to protect us from exposure. This however isn’t helping us when trying to be social and meet new people, is it? This is why assuming comfort is so powerful. 2) Pay attention to people’s feet when you are approaching them. Interrupting people when they are in the middle of an important conversation is one of the most annoying things to do. If they turn both torso and feet, it means you are welcome. Admit it.
Paper Bead Tutorial - SUMMER FUN! Hi Everyone Here is a fun activity for a Summertime Camp, party or sleepover - a necklace made from paper beads. I created this post for Design Dazzle - so hop on over there and see what other fun things they have in store for you at their Summer Camp! First, using a sharp knife or scissors, cut your paper to the shapes shown below. I like to cut a template from an old cereal box and then draw multiple images by tracing onto scrapbook paper lightly with a pencil. Then use a knife or scissors to cut out (your kids may be able to do this depending on age - but you DO need to be reasonably accurate). Using a cocktail stick, wrap the wide end of each strip around tightly and secure using a tiny spot of glue (I used Tombow liquid glue which holds and dries in a couple of seconds). Keep on rolling using the occasional spot of glue until you reach the end - and you are done! I am linking this project up to these websites here.
5 Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers Sure, you could improve yourself the normal way, with hard work and years of slow, incremental progress. Or you could use some of your body's built-in cheat codes and just hack your way to awesometown. These hacks come with various degrees of difficulty, but no risk or potential for injury. And actual scientists say that all of them work. #5. Thinkstock Images/Comstock/Getty Images The human brain sucks at remembering lists. That's weird, because there are other things in life we have no problem with. Digital Vision. The Hack: You're able to find your way around because a whole lot of your mental horsepower is devoted to spatial memory -- learning the layout of your environment. Here's how it works: You pick a familiar place that you know well and can imagine without much problem -- the inside of your house, the layout of your neighborhood, whatever. Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images"Shit, that reminds me, I'm out of chloroform." Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images"Two. #4. 1. #3. Quick!
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Ask the iTunes Guy: iTunes tips 101 [Ask the iTunes Guy is a regular column in which we answer your questions on everything iTunes related. If there’s something you’d like to know, send an email to the iTunes Guy for consideration.] I get lots of questions about some of the basics of iTunes. These are things that may not be that obvious, but are practical to know and can make your use of iTunes more efficient. Q: I can’t seem to figure out which of the many playlists is actually playing. There’s no way in iTunes to see which playlist is playing. Q: I like to put my entire iTunes music library (about 10,000 songs) on shuffle and listen to whatever comes up. iTunes offers a setting to exclude tracks from shuffling. If you ever want to change it back—say when it’s Christmas season—just select all the tracks and change that setting to No. Alternatively, you could create a smart playlist with music whose genre isn’t Holiday and use that as the basis of your shuffle. In theory, yes, and it’s called Sound Check.
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