I saw in the news that the department stores in Boston and other areas getting whacked with snow and suchlike have their spring collections on display--tough luck if you need clothing for the current weather!
--Alan
P.S.: I seem to have killed the previous thread, not realizing that the witching hour had come and this thread had materialized.
Speaking (on the previous thread) of candles, listener, I saw some at the store yesterday that had an unfamiliar type of wick. The wick, bent into an "S" shape and placed into a poured candle, was a woven ribbon. Presumably the flame would be pretty large, and I'm not sure that would be a great idea, but it's interesting nevertheless.
--Alan
P.S.: Today seems foggier than yesterday. The low temperatures back East are a headline story in today's local newspaper.
Maybe about fifteen minutes after we knocked off gardening for the day (afternoon, really), along about 5:45 PM, the sun finally burnt through the fog/overcast!
Hmmm, Alan, that idear of using ribbon in the place of which sounds really strange. It would need to be cotton ribbon or you could be burning some questionable chemicals inside your house. If it were cotton, though, and it were rolled ribbon, it might work. Just the part that sticks out might be large and the flame large just at first?
It looked like a VERY coarsely-woven fabric, fibers of both warp and weft maybe a millimeter apart, that had been immersed in wax before the candle hardened, and extended above the surface maybe two mm. Fibers were finer than regular candle wick. Will see if I can find a picture online.
Ribbon wick patent [Click] I don't find the wicks themselves for sale [I didn't look seriously] but someone on a blog suggested that a lamp wick would probably work.
I'm sure Dr. Dean has good woolies for winter!
ReplyDeleteI saw in the news that the department stores in Boston and other areas getting whacked with snow and suchlike have their spring collections on display--tough luck if you need clothing for the current weather!
--Alan
P.S.: I seem to have killed the previous thread, not realizing that the witching hour had come and this thread had materialized.
No problem, Alan! I think the new thread jumped in to surprise you. I left lots of messages on the last thread, though. :-)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking (on the previous thread) of candles, listener, I saw some at the store yesterday that had an unfamiliar type of wick. The wick, bent into an "S" shape and placed into a poured candle, was a woven ribbon. Presumably the flame would be pretty large, and I'm not sure that would be a great idea, but it's interesting nevertheless.
ReplyDelete--Alan
P.S.: Today seems foggier than yesterday. The low temperatures back East are a headline story in today's local newspaper.
Maybe about fifteen minutes after we knocked off gardening for the day (afternoon, really), along about 5:45 PM, the sun finally burnt through the fog/overcast!
Delete--Alan
Hmmm, Alan, that idear of using ribbon in the place of which sounds really strange. It would need to be cotton ribbon or you could be burning some questionable chemicals inside your house. If it were cotton, though, and it were rolled ribbon, it might work. Just the part that sticks out might be large and the flame large just at first?
DeleteIt looked like a VERY coarsely-woven fabric, fibers of both warp and weft maybe a millimeter apart, that had been immersed in wax before the candle hardened, and extended above the surface maybe two mm. Fibers were finer than regular candle wick. Will see if I can find a picture online.
Delete--Alan
Ribbon-wick candle [Click] pretty good photo
Delete--Alan
Ribbon wick patent [Click] I don't find the wicks themselves for sale [I didn't look seriously] but someone on a blog suggested that a lamp wick would probably work.
Delete--Alan
Happy HAPPY Susan!!
ReplyDeleteQuiet cold bright day here. Waiting on the next damn storm.