Posted on do 29 juni 2023 in blog • Tagged with experiment, weaving, wool
A peg loom is a weaving technology that has been around since at least the Vikings - and probably much longer. The loom is made of a single log with holes at regular spacings. Each hole will fit a peg. Each peg has a hole near the bottom to allow a …
Posted on wo 03 mei 2023 in blog • Tagged with soap, experiment, recipe
We made a shampoo bar / soap for washing our hair. We did this for the first time in 2021 and after we had used up the first batch, we made a second batch in 2022.
We took every precaution to do this safely. Please familiarize yourself with the process before …
Posted on vr 20 januari 2023 in blog • Tagged with experiment, season: winter
I was looking for a way to create insulated insoles. I considered covering a piece of plastic with felt. As I looked around at what I had laying around to use as a felting template, I considered radiator foil.
The foil is made of a layer of foam and a …
Posted on di 13 december 2022 in blog • Tagged with experiment
This is a list of experiments Ina and I have been conducting in 2022.
Posted on do 03 november 2022 in blog • Tagged with experiment, harvest, recipe, season: summer
Ina found an interesting video on YouTube a while ago that talked about turning the cherries from Cornus mas (European cornel / gele kornoeille) into something resembling olives.
We have discovered three Cornus mas in the park nearby. This year the trees had a mast year. Naturally we decided to try …
Posted on vr 19 augustus 2022 in blog • Tagged with experiment, harvest, recipe, season: summer
This month I made another batch of apple vinegar. I had harvested a few apples from my mother's front yard. They had fallen down and were brown and desseccated in the middle. The tree had rejected them as viable seeds because of this. The outer part was still usable to …
Posted on do 04 augustus 2022 in blog • Tagged with experiment, season: summer, felting, wool
We did an experiment with felting a back to a recently shaved fleece. The wool came from a Ouessant sheep. Below is a photo series on how we created a sheepskin without having to kill a sheep.
The fleece we started with; fully detached from the sheep.
We mostly followed …
Posted on di 26 juli 2022 in blog • Tagged with experiment, season: summer
Let's start with a question I get every time I say that I collect nettle seeds: "Why?" Well, for sowing, of course! ;-) ... and other uses. So, why would you want to collect nettle seeds? Here are a few reasons (Source):
Posted on wo 22 december 2021 in blog • Tagged with experiment
This is a list of experiments Ina and I have been conducting in 2021.
Posted on ma 13 september 2021 in blog • Tagged with experiment, harvest, recipe, season: fall
This month I made mustard from mustard seeds grown in the Proeftuin. The recipe follows further down the page. But first a bit of botany.
Flowers of Sinapis alba (white mustard) being worked by a bee. Lower on the stem you can see the seed pods developing. As the plant …