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How To: Knit the rib stitch in Eastern European fashion

This video is a how-to demonstration of Eastern European Knitting. Please note, this is not continental knitting, as here we enter through the back of the loop in both the knit and purl stitch. The resulting fabric appears exactly the same as both English and Continental knitting styles. Great thing to love about ribbing using this method is that the yarn is held at the back of the work the whole time.

How To: Fold a star from a drinking straw

This video will teach you hot to fold a star from a drinking straw. These stars are great as gifts! They can be stored in a glass or see-through jar. Each star represents a little bit of your feelings. Countless stars represent enormous love!

How To: Make a rolled tuna roll

Tuna maki is the same as a conventional tuna sushi roll. If you love eating sushi, but want to make it at home, this video shows you how easy it can be. Get a sushi rolling mat, lay down a piece of seaweed, then rice, a smidgen of wasabi, and some sliced tuna. Roll and you have sushi. Video uses captions rather than narration.

How To: Make a terrarium

Terrariums are mini indoor gardens that are perfect for people who want to decorate their home or office with houseplants, but don't have a lot of time to care for them. I love them because I can create a desert themed one with cacti and succulents or make a tropical themed one filled with plants like African violets and ferns.

How To: Make caramel candy apples

Want to satisfy your sweet tooth? This recipe for decadent caramel candy apples is simple and whips up fast. You will need ripe red apples, store-bought caramel, water, chopped peanuts, wooden skewers, a double boiler and cupcake papers. Kids love this special treat.

How To: Make a chocolate martini

If you love chocolate, then this is the cocktail for you. Learn to make a simple Chocolate Martini with an added chocolate garnish. You will need vodka, chocolate martini mix, coffee liqueur and chocolate garnish.

How To: Make an easy Thai cucumber salad

If you like cucumbers, then you'll love this unique Asian salad tossed in a tangy Thai dressing. You will need fresh basil leaves, fresh coriander leaves, lime, shallot, small red chili pepper, cucumbers, green onions, fish sauce, shrimp paste or sauce, soy or tamari sauce, a grater, a food chopper and a chef's knife.

How To: Make blackened salmon

Mother Love cooks Slammin' Blackened Salmon at the SpoonBread Too restaurant in Harlem. Take note as she uses peppers instead of salts for diabetic dieting and adds a nut glaze and orange peels. This is one tasty dish.

How To: Make cream cheese frosting for cakes

If you love topping your bagel with cream cheese, then try it on your favorite cake! Combined with sugar and a few simple ingredients, cream cheese becomes a distinctive and delicious frosting. After your frosting is mixed, it is ready to use immediately. Or, you can put it in an air-tight container and store it in the refrigerator for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to three months.

How To: Cook beets

Love beets? Then you should experience the root vegetable in every way possible by learning the cooking skills presented in thsi video. In this all-in-one video you'll learn how to boil, bake, steam, fry, and grill beats to culinary perfection.

HBO Now 101: How to Cancel Your Subscription

I'm a little biased — I love HBO. I wouldn't want to cancel my subscription, because there are constantly shows I want to watch. But I understand not everyone is like me. Some people might only subscribe to watch, say, Game of Thrones, then cancel their subscription when the show ends. In that case, if you're reading this before July 30th, you'll want to use this information five episodes from now.

News: HoloLens Challenge #16 Winner Brings the Cowbell

James Ashley, Atlanta-based Microsoft MVP and author of Beginning Kinect Programming with Microsoft Kinect, has been running monthly challenges since around the release of the HoloLens Developers Kits. Each month, those of us who follow what happens in the community can look forward to seeing what creative ideas come out of these challenges. It has been a treat, to say the least, and who knows ... maybe one of us here at Next Reality even won one of these before his time here.