CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Q3: @MakersHourDishcloths, the unsung heroes of the washing up bowl. How might you clean the things you have made? Please share your cleansing secrets.A3: Mostly, I clean wood with a damp cloth and a small brush for internal corners. For metalwork I use acetone to wipe off greasy surface mess prior to painting. Lego used to get put in the dishwasher, when I had a dishwasher, and other small makes get dusted off with a paint brush.#MakersHour

Q3: Dishcloths, the unsung heroes of the washing up bowl. How might you clean the things you have made? Please share your cleansing secrets.#MakersHour

Q2: Given a new dishcloth, what would you make from it, in your usual style? Your other working materials are a given.#MakersHourI would use it in the kitchen, to dry stuff. Does that count? I sew little and mend more often, so a new dishcloth would just be enjoyed.

@Janet_52square Different people mean different things by it, so either.Personally, I am imagining a cloth for washing up as opposed to a tea towel for drying up.#MakersHour

@MakersHour *waves* sorry... Kevin here, running a bit late I've been playing with LED matrices again this week.Now I'm going to speed read what other people have been up to!#MakersHour

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Here are the questions for tonight, 26th March, at 8pm UK time, Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.Please remember to follow us, and tag #MakersHour.Thank you. Q1: Hello fellow dishcloths*! Tell us what you’ve been doing this week.*The new term of endearment for us all.https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour/116257639087292428 Q2: Given a new dishcloth, what would you make from it, in your usual style? Your other working materials are a given. Q3: Dishcloths, the unsung heroes of the washing up bowl. How might you clean the things you have made? Please share your cleansing secrets. Q4: What sort of messes does your making produce, that you could use a dishcloth for cleaning up? The dishcloth might not be the best thing, but it is all you have. Q5: This ‘dishcloth’ thing came about from my misreading last week. What funny or confusing misreadings, potential or actual, have you had in your making? Instructions, measurements, or whatever you casually read during your projects.

Q4: @MakersHour If you are struggling with a make, what do you do to over come it?A4: Depends. If it is a work project, I usually have a deadline to work to and little choice but to get on with it. I would be feeling rotten about it, but once started I am usually ok.For personal projects, that is much harder. If I am struggling I need to know why, and if it is something I can change or adapt to feel more positive about it.Right now, though, every creative making project is on hold as we are clearing out the house.#MakersHour

Q4: If you are struggling with a make, what do you do to over come it? #MakersHour

Q1: Say hi, and tell us what you’ve been doing this week. #MakersHour Planned out solar energy stuff I need to doStarted addressing beta-reader suggestions and edit in latest volume of short storiesUploaded and formatted existing eight volumes in Draft2DigitalPublished a non-fiction handbookStarted working with graphic artist for a new cover art for the latest volumeOrdered proof of first novelBusy week

@MakersHour A3 that depends how you define tool. Is an end mill a tool? Is a drill bit? I don't actually know the answer. I'm guessing well into 3 figures, possibly into 4 figures. But that covers the tools for:- woodworking - metalworking - plastics- ceramics - sewing- knitting - leatherwork- Plumbing - gardening - general household maintenance - electronics- 3d printing. Hmmm. Yeah, probably into 4 figures. #MakersHour

@MakersHour #MakersHour I am still a childish #Maker if that counts?

@wokstation I am about to dismantle my printer too, but to pack it away.#MakersHour

Q1: Say hi, and tell us what you’ve been doing this week. #MakersHourHello! Dishcloths, mostly. And correcting exams, but that's not any fun. @MakersHour

Q1: @MakersHourSay hi, and tell us what you’ve been doing this week.A1: Hello, I am Alfred, maker, carer, caretaker, and miniaturist story teller.This week has been mostly moving stuff about. Still clearing out the house and packing things. There are a lot of things. I’ve had a staff meeting at work, and this morning moved three of the twelve paving slabs to the Community Forest Garden to use as a base for the future toilet block.Tonight’s soundtrack is: Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits.#MakersHour

@MakersHour Hi folks! This week I've been massively procrastinating the things I should be making, by making other less important things instead. So, standard week really. Currently about to start on this random wooden #JigsawPuzzle because it's been a stressful day.

Here are the questions for tonight, 19th March, at 8pm UK time, Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.Please remember to follow us, and tag #MakersHour.Thank you. Q1: Say hi, and tell us what you’ve been doing this week. #MakersHourQ2: Were you a maker as a child? If so, what? #MakersHourQ3: How many tools do you have? To the nearest significant figure… #MakersHourQ4: If you are struggling with a make, what do you do to over come it? #MakersHourQ5: They say "The pen is mightier than the sword", what would you make to prove that right or wrong? #MakersHour