So this has been a weekend of interesting projects.
The Niddy-Nosty has been on my mind, but instead of ordering it I dragged Monsieur Purl to the Home Depot and this is what I came up with. Not nearly as beautiful as some exoctic wood, but does work for less than $5. Say $10 of you get the primer and glue to glue it all together. However, you will have enough glue for many, many pvc projects.
Here it is in parts -
Here is it together – the purple is the primer and it’s really watery and leaked a bit.
Now I only glued the bottom and top pieces together. But I didn’t glue them to the middle part. I bought an extra cap to the tune of $.29 or something like that and now it can be used as a nostepinne.
Here’s after I wound my first ball on it. I tucked the end into the hole and put the spare cap on.
I pulled off the ball and it worked -Â Not quite flat and perfect, but still worked.
So here’s the thing – I think I need to spray paint it or something so that it’s not so ugly with the purple primer. I may have to purple prime the rest and then spray over it. However, I used Magic Sponge and the purple won’t come off – so I’m not afraid of it coming off on the yarn. For my specs, I used 3/4 inch piping and had Monsieur Purl (you know I have to include him on these projects – he’s so thrilled – lol) cut the middle length 12 inches and cut 4 ends 6 inches each. I glued together and we’re off.
I probably should’ve odered the other one that is pretty and done, but hey – it’s ugly and yet functional.
We know that fall has really arrived because Monsieur Purl set off to baking and made a beautiful pie using his new tools, including the pie bird I got him for Christmas last year.
Nice Niddy Nosty! And love the pie! I’m planning on baking one today-picked up my apples Saturday and just needed the time to put ‘em to good use. I found a very interesting recipe called a jelly apple pie. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.
He bakes too, with little birdies sticking up? You need to keep that one!
Niddy Nosty? I haven’t heard of that before. I’ve heard Niddy Noddy. Is that the same thing? It’s very clever of you to think of making one with pvc. There is a new kind of paint on the market now that you can use to paint plastic.
What a beautiful pie!
I love the pie bird. Now how does your niddy noddy work? First I should say i have one that has a pin in the one end. You wind the wool pull the pin the end drops an inch so the skien comea off easily. Does yours come apart or do you slide the yarn off the side? I’ve never seen another niddy noddy like mine and I live in fear that I’ll loose it and then what will I do? I’ll have to give up spinning and start scrap booking uge.
I’ve got a niddy noddy in PVC too and I’ve found that the more yarn you wind on it, the more the arms will bend and thus you do not have the same length in your wraps. It is nice to have around just-in-case, but I’m going to get a “real” one LOL.
Cheers Eva
PS: what does a pie bird do?
For me autumn comes the first time I make French Onion Soup or sweet potatoes. Like Eva I want to know what the pie bird does.
I will field the pie bird questions
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From: http://www.chinaspecialties.com/pie_birds.htm:
Pie Birds were originally made to serve as a steam funnel to keep the pie filling from boiling over. The base would be under the top crust and the actual bird above the crust, with the steam escaping through the hole in the beak. Although traditionally made in the shape of a bird, many novel shapes exist, and are eagerly collected.
Can also go here to learn a bit more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rozziew/piefunnels.
I was always having trouble keeping the juices from the pie from escaping and making a mess in the oven. Plus, I would always have a runny pie. This was my first pie using the pie bird and would recommend it to others.
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