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The Ultimate Bees Wax And Coconut Oil Candle

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Candles are a great way to create a warm and cozy atmosphere in your home, and making your own candles can be a fun and rewarding DIY project. This tutorial showcases a unique combination of two popular ingredients used in candle making – beeswax and coconut oil. Beeswax is known for its natural honey scent and the warm glow it produces, while coconut oil is prized for its moisturizing and skin-nourishing properties.

Using these two ingredients, you can create a beautifully scented and long-lasting candle that is also good for your skin. The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide with detailed photos to help even those new to candle making create a stunning finished product. The tutorial includes information on how to choose the right wicks and containers for your candle, as well as tips on how to pour and cool the wax and oil mixture.

In addition to the natural benefits of the ingredients used, making your own candles allows you to customize the scent and look of your candle to suit your personal preferences. You can experiment with different essential oils or fragrances to create a scent that is uniquely your own. The tutorial also provides tips on how to add decorative touches to your candle, such as dried flowers or herbs, to make it even more personalized.

DIY Coconut oil ad Bees Wax Candles.

 

 

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Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal. 

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles. 

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges. 

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to. 

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho. 

[Photo: Purl Soho]