Posted by Barely Knit Together on Dec 26, 2009 in
Homemaking Made Easy
A rerun from last year. Because it’s my favorite.
Ladies, this is the most glorious time of year, the time when you are blessed with a multitude of lovely new sets of pajamas and slippers and wonderfully useful household tools (like, say, a pizza cutter that looks like a shark and a brand new mop head), [...]
Tags: clean up, cleaning, getting organized, holidays, humor, parent bloggers network, recycling
I’ve been doing this blog thing for a while now. Believe it or not, I existed before I was “discovered” by Ram Ventkaartakarawhatever. But since his comment, I find myself deluged by well-meaning but crazed visitors.
So in the interest of holding their (and your) interest – I bring you a resurrected post from the early [...]
Tags: crazy woman, lazy ass post, recycling
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Mar 22, 2009 in
Going Green,
Homemaking Made Easy,
The Soap Box
I recycle! Yes, I do. In fact, you might say I have a bit of a problem.
I’ve have been asked, and answered with complete seriousness, the question, “Are you keeping this dryer lint for a project?”
I won’t tell you how I answered.
It all started with using wool as a cloth diaper cover. It worked so [...]
Tags: Blog Blast, cloth diapers, eco-friendly, green living, longies, natural living, recycling, SC Johnson Nature's Source, Sewing, The Parent Bloggers Network, wool
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 23, 2009 in
Fiber Friday,
Knitting,
Motherhood,
cloth diapering
It’s Fiber Friday again, and as I promised, I am about to send you down rabbit holes aplenty and I guarantee you will never change a cloth diaper again because you will be too busy clicking around the fabulous sites for eco-minded moms.
If you are new to cloth diapering in general Green Mountain Diapers is [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, caring for wool, cloth diapering, cloth diapers, eco-friendly, Emma Kwasnica, etsy, facebook, free longies patterns, how to wash cloth diapers, lanolizing, longies, recycling, war on nipples, wool
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Nov 14, 2008 in
Fiber Friday
I have declared Fridays “Fiber Fridays,” and in keeping with that theme I wish to point you in the direction of this lady, who is a master at finding great sweaters to use for all kinds of projects. I am envious of her scavenging abilities, but it seems she lives in a bigger area than [...]
Tags: christmas, eco-friendly, environment, etsy, fabric, fiber art, Fiber Friday, gifts, handmade, holiday, Knitting, recycling, Sewing, sweaters, wool