Pinterest Works: Gnats

Hey everyone! Like many of you, I love Pinterest. Lots of great ideas organized with colorful pictures. So. Great. I want to blog about the ways I have used this interesting website and its many ideas in real life, and I'm going to be titling those kinds of posts with "Pinterest Works" so you can find them easily.

I have been living in my new apartment-style dorm here at college for three days so far. Yet in that short time, my quad-mates and I have discovered we have a problem: gnats. Little fruit-fly gnats. Ick.

Thankfully, Pinterest quickly provided a solution that I believe is working. We'll see in the morning! It's apple cider vinegar (some sources say adding a couple drops of dish washing soap helps) in a jar with a funnel (we used a mason jar and an extra syllabus taped together). It traps the gnats in the vinegar. Success!

Next Project: Gloves!

Well, I'm back from my wonderful trip to Asia and I've been knitting a pair of gloves for a friend of mine. This is my first attempt at gloves and, let me just say, I'm learning a lot of knitting techniques. For example, this is my first time knitting an entire project on double pointed needles! 

This is the pattern that I'm using. It makes a design on the back of the gloves, but because the yarn my friend gave me is self-striping, I 86ed the design part and kept everything else. Here is a picture of the work in progress, and once I finish the second glove, I'll put up a final picture. It's not perfect, but I think she will still like them. I head back to college this Saturday, and I hope to have most of the second glove completed by then. 

Until next time,

Alex