MISCELLANY OCTOBER

A curious combination of the practical and the playful

Compiled by: FRANCES AMBLER Illustrations by: JOE SNOW

CAPTION COMPETITION OVER TO YOU… Make us giggle with a caption for this overly friendly wolf. We’ll send a lovely book to the writer of our favourite. Post your best efforts at facebook.com/thesimplethingsmag HOW TO… MAKE A CORN DOLLY Turn over a new sheaf with this traditional harvest custom 1 This basic neck or sheaf dolly, needs undamaged, hollow straw. Any straw will do (wheat is the most popular), even art straws work for practice. 2 Dampen straw to make pliable. 3 Tie together a bundle of waste stems to make a pencil-width core. 4 Tie five straws of a similar width around the core as close to the wheat heads as possible. Bend each stem at right angles so one head points in each direction - think of compass points; the fifth straw should point just to…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2016 - Issue 52

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