Saturday 18 July 2015

Animal magnets for my grandson

These animal magnets I made for my grandson together with my daughter who is a graphic designer. How I made them is I asked my daughter to save some animal pictures on her computer. I then chose the ones I wanted and she tried to fix some up like the lighter grey darken it a little and so with the white ones she will make an black outline to it. I then cut it out leaving a white outline so they are strong enough. I bought a cheap laminator and pockets about $22 and works fine for this project. I glue gun with magnets but some are not working so I am trying different glue and see which one works best so far it is all good. Warning whatever toys or crafts you make for little kids you should always supervise. I am like a hawk with my grandson and am always thinking of activities I can do for him. I am still crocheting by the way and it is not finished. I will post a photo with details.

Thursday 2 July 2015

Home made Maltese cheese

This is very different then crocheting is it? It's just that I am making this project and it's taking me a long time to finish it. Yesterday I made cheese at home for those who don't know how to make them I will tell you how. I bought two full cream organic milk from the super market. Also Junkets from your supermarket too. Lucky for me they were cheaper then usual. Put the milk in a saucepan on medium heat stirring most of the time till it is slightly warm. Dipping you little finger to feel that it is warm. For some of you who don't know, when you milk goats, sheep and cows it is warm milk we want to get close to that temperature. Get four junkets for the amount of milk that we are going to use and squash them with a spoon till it resembles like powder. As soon as you have the temperature put the flame off and stir in the junkets powder well. Leave it to set for a couple of hours or more. You will know that it is ready because it will become a solid peace. You will need some of the plastic baskets. I don't know if you can find them where ever you are living, I got these from my country. With a large spoon fill the baskets to the brim and put them all in a dish. Whey will start to come out and you can use it for soup or throw it away. After few hours you  can turn them up side down so the pattern comes on both sides. Add desired salt to them if you like and voila you have home made cheese. Here are my pictures of them. I made nine out of two liters. You can google for cheese videos.