4 Reasons You Should Make Your Own Candles

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Candles are a wonderful addition to any home, creating a warm and cozy atmosphere with their soft glow and gentle fragrance. But have you ever thought about what ingredients are in the candles you buy at the store? Many commercial candles contain synthetic fragrances and other harmful chemicals that can be harmful to your health and the environment. That’s why making your own candles is becoming increasingly popular. Not only do you know exactly what ingredients are in them, but you can also customize them to suit your own preferences and decor.

One of the biggest advantages of making your own candles is the ability to choose the vessel in which the wax sits. Whether it’s a vintage teacup, a mason jar, or a sleek glass container, you can create a candle that perfectly suits your style and complements your decor.

Another benefit of making your own candles is the ability to add your own scents and perfumes. You can choose from a wide variety of essential oils and fragrance oils to create a unique and personalized scent that suits your fragrant palette.

But perhaps the best thing about making your own candles is how easy it is. With just a few simple ingredients and some basic equipment, you can create beautiful and fragrant candles in no time. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to make beeswax candles – a simple and natural alternative to traditional paraffin wax candles. So let’s get started!

They are so darn easy to make. Beeswax Candle Tutorial.

If you want to feel personally attacked by a collection of knitting and crochet patterns as I was, check out the “90s Mod Inspired” pattern lookbook from Yarnspirations.

It’s actually a great collection of patterns for folks who want to stitch up that Y2K look again (or for the first time). There’s an oversized, striped grandpa cardigan! A (crocheted) plaid messenger bag! A boxy argyle vest, and a rolled hem sweater the likes of which I bought in a store in the ’90s and knit a replica of later.

There’s also a section of “Prep School” patterns (think “Clueless,” they’re even called things like “As if” and “Betty”) including a granny square tie and crocheted wrap skirt, and a knit cabled pullover, beret and cardigan with blocky stripes. Other sections include casual collegiate, punk and mod, and academia.

Some of the patterns repeat among the sections but there’s a nice selection for people who want a little throwback for their back to school and fall wardrobes.

Since I had this sweater, we’ll take a closer look at the Caron Cropped Stripy Sweater. The one I knit from a pattern of my own devising in the mid ’00s was tonal blues, but this one calls for two colorways of Colorama Haze, a fuzzy self-striping worsted weight yarn.

The pattern comes in six sizes, with chest measurements ranging from 39 to 60 inches (that’s 99 to 152.5 cm). Clearly that’s a lot of ease at the lower sizes, since the smallest size is meant to fit an actual chest measurement from 28-34 inches, or 71-86.5 cm.

The sweater is a modified drop shoulder worked flat in pieces and seamed. That means the stripes probably won’t match around the body but it’s still a classic look. This one does have ribbing at the neckline, where the original sweater I owned and my re-creation had rolled hems throughout, but you can do it either way depending on your preference.

Do any of these projects remind you of clothes you might have worn or knit in the past? I’d love to hear about it!

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