Recent content by laughingHyena

Thanks, found some 5mm at a pretty good price, sounds like that will be better than the 3mm. Those alternate rubber loops look interesting but with needing to do several tents they work out quite lot more than the cord. Indeed, they are. They do last though, these are at least 18 years...

I have a few wonderful old orange vango force 10s, well OK much used and faded to pale orange now. I want to replace the rubber peg loops as they've perished. Will 3mm shock cord be strong enough or do I need something thicker. Don't want to get so thick it's hard to tie but I don't think the...

I've knitted a couple of pairs now, providing I don't try anything to complicated it's something nice to do when sitting in front of the telly. I found this tutorial helpful http://www.cometosilver.com/socks/. It was really helpful to have pictures of each stage so I could see what I was aiming at.

This is the first time I've made anything from hawthorn but I've made a couple of jars of crab apple and hawthorn jelly from this recipe http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/oct/21/recipes.foodanddrink. Each part of the recipe was pretty quick and easy though straining the liquid off...