Recent content by Toddy

Up here the Planning Dept really don't want to end up in a snarl over something that could have been sorted out at the very beginning by folks just having a conversation. They're really not interested in having to involve lawyers. They're busy, but not so busy that they won't reply. The rules...

Sorry, that's a 'phone the local council planning dept and ask for help' kind of thing. The Council Planning Dept are surprisingly helpful. The other thing to do is to ask the local Councillor. Again, they're inclined to be helpful. And, yes, Scottish law is not English/Welsh law.

Keeping it dry and mould free is an issue. Decent foundations are essential. If you have electricity available, then a desiccant dehumidifier ( Meaco, Zambezi) is worth the money. It takes out moisture, moves the air and gives out gentle heat. It's a win/win.

Two other things that came to mind. Firstly, there's a big and well informed group of people who collect and use old sewing machines, and someone there will know and help. Pretty sure of that. https://www.victoriansweatshop.com/post/dbx1-needles-for-model-1213-style-machines-12x1-needles-8290835...

To me that looks like an Industrial sewing machine needle. That long groove is characteristic.....I don't know if modern ones will fit your old machine though, but it's another avenue to explore. Might be worth an email to someone like this company...

I hoped that they sold needles they had made on site, or at least in the UK but their site says that they stock John James pebbles....those are needle cases of different types of needles....but those needles are made in China for Entaco...supposedly to JJ's specifications, then checked and...

So, a very long time ago I posted a thread of recommendations of needles that I would buy. I am known to be really fussy about the quality of my needles, and the thread was favourably received. Your thread had me look again for such needles on eBay, and lo and behold, for up came a set from...

Seriously, do you have eBay ? and if you do, search for your equivalent of Vintage needles....specify carpet ones....and it might surprise you what comes up :) I buy, and use, vintage needles. I have sewn since I was three years old, it's my total chill out; I hand sew. Modern needles are carp...

Fishing tackle suppliers :) It's astonishing the stuff they have, and I found my own boonie there, and it's a short brim one. Mine's just OD though.

You can buy carpet needles, they are longish, very strong and not very sharp. They will sew without tearing fibres. I was about to offer to send you some and then realised that you're in Finland and can probably get them there easier than dealing with post and customs. They're easily available...

I'm surprised they've left it to grow and flower. It's an invasive weed.....I think it's technically an Invasive Alien Species.

Mine did. A wee present, and looked so totally miffed to be told to take that out ! She did it, but she wasn't pleased about it. I think she brought it in to play with :rolleyes:

They are so very simple to make, and you can use other materials too. Dock stems....which are sort of waxy and don't taint if you use them for fish....Iris, reedmace, etc., Useful things too :)

I made this thread years ago, but I tidied up the willows in the garden last week and I'm looking at the snash and wondering what to do with it. I minded this thread, but, y'know, useful though they might be, I thought surely there's something else....and I was on Pinterest looking for something...

If you type, Sinew, dog chew into google, then up will come everything from beef https://www.bettyandbutch.co.uk/products/beef-sinew-dog-chew?variant=40212219658334 to ostrich :) Some of the sites are a tad pretentious and vastly overpriced, but you can buy sinew quite easily at reasonable...