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Art Of Candle Making Business Startup

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Art Of Candle Making Business Startup

Unlike other candle making books that only provide basic instructions and a few recipes, this book offers a comprehensive guide on how to create beautiful, natural, and organic candles. The author aims to help readers understand the difference between making any candle and creating a unique blend that can set their candle making business apart from others.

The book is divided into two parts. The first part explains the fundamentals of candle making, including the equipment and tools needed, how to source raw materials, and how to properly scent and color candles. The author also shares various candle making methods and safety rules to follow, as well as the best and easiest projects to start with.

The second part focuses on how to turn this newfound passion into a successful business. The author shares her experience of growing a soap making business from scratch to a six-figure enterprise and selling it for a good profit. She also teaches readers how to find their niche, price their candles, avoid common mistakes, and market and sell their products to wholesalers and retailers.

Whether you’re a hobbyist or aspiring entrepreneur, this book is packed with practical tips and step-by-step guidance that can help you create beautiful and unique candles and turn your passion into a profitable business. So, join the beautiful and colorful world of candle making and start your journey today!

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If you’ve been around here long, you know that I’m in a perpetual battle with my stash. I feel like I haven’t bought yarn in years unless I needed it for a specific project. I knit fairly a lot, and crochet some, too, but it feels like my stash never gets any smaller.

It’s not just the unused balls of yarn that are a problem. In fact, maybe a bigger issue is all the odd balls and leftover bits that seem to pile up without any effort. Even though I love scrappy projects (and knit a whole sweater dress with scraps earlier this year) it still feels like a never-ending quest to use up all the little bits.

So I’m always on the lookout for good patterns that are made to use of the extra bits of yarn. If they are super easy, too, that’s so much the better.

So it is with the Lalu Scarf by Sheena Stone. This any yarn, any gauge pattern is designed to use up whatever scraps you have on hand (assuming they’re mostly the same weight or can be held double to make the same weight). 

It’s a tube scarf worked in the round, and she specifically notes that she works it outside in, so the back of the scarf is on the outside as you knit. The needle tips are on the part of the circle farthest away from you as you knit.

It also has an attached I-cord edging, which sounds really time consuming but does give the edges a nice, finished look.

The way the colors are changed as you knit you don’t really need a lot of each color. It would probably be good if you had at least enough of a color to complete one round, but you can change colors more often than every round if you need to because you’re using all your tiny bits.

Grab the free pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Sheena Stone.]