Hi there!
Bit of a gloomy inside day – did a quick shop run and took some things over to Ruby and Margie.
Thought you’d like to see how the Taiwan Swirl was done – although it would be better in a video!
Mixed 4 colours up and had my dividers in the loaf – last time I only used two. This time I did three…
Slightly fiddlier getting the mixture into the middle slots!!
Its amazing how the colours stay pretty well separated when I carefully lift the dividers out!
Then there is the fun bit of dragging the paddlepop stick through the colours blending them just perfectly!
Then by running the stick around the very outside of the mould a couple of times, it pushes the pattern into more of a pleasing slant!
Here is the one I did the other day!
You can see the pattern if I cut it vertically. Nice but not what I am after of course.
The horizontal pattern is what I am after!
I’ve settled on this slightly narrower and chunky cut. I only get 8 soaps out of a loaf instead of 12, but I’ll just adjust the price accordingly.
They should look really smart once I have beveled the edges and tidied them up!
I just went and cut the other soap from above while I was waiting for photos to load – and I am pleased with the design and colour mix!!
I might have made another batch of soap tonight but you’ll just have to wait and see on that one!
On the Covid19 side of things… Tasmania is closing. At midnight (Now gone by one and a half hours and where does the time go and why am I still sitting here?)
All non essential travellers into Tasmania are required to quarantine for 14 days!! (Thats tourism done and dusted for a while)
I think we only had 11 confirmed cases but our state is an easier one to control in that way.
Panic buying in supermarkets is still ongoing. Sigh. Now towns in reasonable proximity to larger centres are being raided and stripped by bus loads of people from cities!
Firstly. That’s rude. Secondly… social distancing does NOT include bus travel with a heap of other people!
No loo paper on the shelves today, no flour either but I did get some bread!
Hope you are all coping well,
Cheers!
My favorite little island in the Outer Banks, NC, US closed today too. No vacation for anyone this year and for a good reason. We all need to bloom where we’re planted and maybe we’ll find the special places right at home.
Those are really beautiful words! I hope people manage to find enjoyment in their home space – the eternally busy among us might get a break from all the running about and find they actually LIKE a bit of slow! Who knows! I wonder how things will be in the next 3-6 months!
Take care xxx