little bits of everything

Yes, really. Knitting. For reasons I can't go into I found myself knitting a couple of weeks ago. I had done a bit when I was a kid. I was pleasantly surprised to find that once I'd cast on my motor memory took over and I was turning out stitches. For more reasons I can't go into it got wider as I went along, but it wasn't a problem as I just turned it into little hat. I can highly recommend the multi-coloured wool for beginners as it means that there's a contrast between previous rows and the current stitches. That's all.

When I got a Playbook I wanted to use it to listen to BBC iPlayer while doing the washing up. So I made a cardboard tablet stand out of the cardboard you get with new shirts. Recently I came across a video by Jude Pullen showing how to make a right angle joint with card and it inspired me to share what I'd done, via a PDF rather than a video though. The PDF below is for a Playbook but I would have thought that any seven inch tablet, like the Kindle Fire or the Google Nexus 7 would fit. If in the unlikely event they are more chunky than the Playbook, you can just cut the slot wider. It's probably more sturdy if you make it out of a corrugated cardboard. Seven inch tablet stand

I first came across etsy - a site for selling handmade or vintage stuff - when I came across a series of  pictures of boyfriends wearing hand made hats their girlfriends had made (and not looking to pleased about having a hand-knitted hat on their head). Then when I got a Kindle I went looking there to see what sort of cases were available. I was pleasantly surprised to see loads of good stuff. When I got my Kindle I made a cardboard case for it. At Christmas I got a proper case and since then I've been meaning to  offer my cardboard case for sale on etsy , purely for my own amusement. If I sell one, I'll make another. If it really takes off, I might we quite busy fulfilling orders. Unlikely. Feel free to prove me wrong .