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Stories - Food
Cooking cold – with ‘The World’s Strongest Librarian’
Josh Hanagarne, aka The World’s Strongest Librarian has Tourette’s Syndrome. We asked him to tell us about the challenges that living with Tourette's presents, if you aspire to a make and mend lifestyle. Here's what he told us: The ...
Stories - Well-being
Tips for a carefree Christmas
Make it and Mend it member Beardog shares her top tips for having a trouble free Christmas, along with blissfully simple instructions for making bathsalts (a great present) and a link to her recipe for "very easy roast turkey". ...
Food
Recipe for simple roast turkey (and gravy)
This recipe is from Make it and Mend it member Beardog, of Beardog and Jools. She swears it's so easy it involves little more than bunging it in the oven - and she includes a simple recipe for gravy too! Ingredients 4 oz butter 2 ...
Knitting - View more Knitting products
New Debbie Bliss download and fab competition
Grab your free download from the latest book by leading knitting designer Debbie Bliss and enter our great new competition to win a copy of her Tips for Knitters. Plus you can save 25% of the book's price when you buy it through ...
Food
Halloween pumpkin soup recipes
Hollowing out pumpkins to make spooky lanterns is a great pre-Halloween activity. But you also need some recipes for using up all that lovely pumpkin flesh you've hollowed out. These came from Lisa at Jessups Farm in Sussex, where they ...
Stories - Causes
Hang your washing out!
This month’s cause is Project Laundry List... Many of you will find it hard to believe, but in places around the world - especially the United States, Tashkent and Uzbekistan apparently, people are evicted, fined, and generally ...
Events
Sew and knit events – 09-10 dates
Whether you're a sewing whizz or a knitting demon. Whether you're a seasoned make it and mender or an absolutely beginner. And if you drop more than you purl - who cares? So long as you share a passion or are eager to learn. Sewing, ...
Household
Natural ant control
If you live anywhere outside of Antarctica, then you’ve probably had an ant problem at some point or another. And while many people’s first option is to reach for a can of RAID to blast them with, there are plenty of organic, natural ...
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