In this tutorial, we learn how to cross stitch. This is easy to master and just involves using one stitch. To start, you will first need to line your fabric up with the needle and mark the center. From here, secure it to the back with a small knot. Next, you will put this around an embroidery circle and then tie the thread to the needle. From here, start with the center point and count out how many spots you need to go on the design. After this, create a diagonal stitch across one block of th...
In this tutorial we learn how to build pet steps for your animals with Lowe's. Start out with making the lines for the sides of our steps on a piece of ply wood. Cut these out with a circular saw and then start assembling the steps. Use wood glue, nails and a hammer to do this. After you have these assembled from the bottom up you can insert the steps for the inside of the stairs. Make sure all of this is secure and everything is nailed in properly. Then, add in padding to the steps for your ...
In this video, we learn how to reconstruct a t-shirt into an off the shoulder top. First, take a large shirt of your choice color and cut along the line on the shoulder, leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. Next, roll the hem and sew with a sewing machine. Next, cut a strap 4" wide and fold in half, then sew along the edge. After this, use a safety pin to pin one side to the shirt and then to the other side of the shirt. After these are secure, draw marks along the neck line of the shirt. Cut out t...
You will need: rubber glove, paper towels, liquid latex, paint, and newspaper. First, fill the glove with newspaper, then secure the fingers with electrical tape to make only 3 fingers. Then, mix up the liquid latex with black paint and apply it to the fingers. Then, place the paper towels over this in coats and shape them so they are pointy. Add in some texture using paper towel strips and cotton balls. Continue to paint over with the liquid latex/paint until you have made your desired textu...
Zip ties are wonderful little creatures. They can do all types of duties, and they come in all shapes and sizes. But for this gag, you'll want to get the biggest and longest zip ties you can find!
What we love about braided an/or curly hairstyles is that they're so romantic and make us feel like princesses. What we don't like is the fact that they take forever plus a day to do, which doesn't make us happy when we're in a rush to go to school in the morning.
In this tutorial, we learn how to crochet an extra puffy puff stitch. First, insert the hook and pull it through. Pull all the loops up even so the hook is horizontal, then wrap the yarn over and enter the hook through the top of the stitch. Pull the loop up and then wrap the yarn over, pull it through, then pull the loop up so the hook is horizontal with your work. Continue to repeat this process until you get to the end of the row. Place chains on the top to secure them, then you will have ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to replace a bathroom faucet. Tools you will need are: faucet, adjustable wrenches, bucket, towel, safety sponges, pliers, and plumber's putty. First, turn off the water supply and turn off the faucet to remove any excess water. Next, use a wrench to remove the nuts that are holding the faucet in place. Next, apply putty onto the pre-cut sink holes and insert your new sink. On the other side, secure the new faucet and nuts with a wrench. Now you can turn on your...
In this how to video, you will learn how to build a post. Court yard posts create beautiful accents to your yards. They can be used as entry monuments and fence posts. When using corner blocks, make sure the long sides are at the outside of the post. First, place these corner blocks in a square. Align the blocks with the square. Next, place four more blocks on top of the original blocks. Make sure the blocks touch two blocks. Keep on stacking them to the desired height. Add two post caps. Sec...
In this Home & Garden video tutorial you will learn how to step down or end your patio wall. This video is from www.allanblock.com. Get the installation details and the location of the nearest dealer from the website. The instructions are on How-to sheet #160. The easiest way to create step down is to create corner blocks. Simply place corner blocks at the end of each course overlapping the block as the wall steps down. Finish the wall with wall caps. Once the wall caps are in place, you can ...
This video illustrate us how to make a hovercraft with common household items. To build one, first of all, collect all of the items required for making it. You need a CD, bottle cap, balloon and super glue. Then start by applying glue to the lower end of the cap and sticking it to the center of the CD and let it dry. After it has dried, blow up the balloon and secure it up on the bottle cap tightly. Now open the bottle cap and let the balloon deflate.
The first way the she explained tying a scarf was "belting a pashmina." Which is taking a pashmina scarf, placing it around your neck and securing it under a belt that you fasten around your waist. The second method was "Be a wrap star." Get a really long scarf, tie it around your neck twice loosely, keeping it uneven and adding fullness to your neck. The third way was to "rethink your evening scarf," where she describes a bow scarf. You put the scarf around your neck and put one side over th...
In this video, we are given instructions on how to tie up hair at night before going to sleep. You will nee a satin scarf to do this. First you will make your scarf into one large triangle. After this, clip your hair up in a large clip on the back of your head. Now, put the satin scarf over your forehead and over your entire hair. Now, tie the scarf around your neck and make sure it's secured in the back. you can now remove the clip and take the tie and tie it in the back. Now, take a satin b...
Have you locked yourself out of your car? Well, as long as you have a shoelace, you may be able to get back in.
This video shows the viewer how to make an electromagnet using common items. This is done using a broken microwave, a spool, a cordless drill, a battery and a coat hanger. The microwave transformer is dismantled and the enamel insulated wire is removed. Using the cordless drill the wire is then coiled around the spool. The iron coat hanger should then be cut into small pieces and placed in the middle of the spool. It should be secured tightly. The battery was then connected to the wired coile...
Britney, our host, shows how to create a multiple strand twist. Start with a high ponytail with a section of the hair twisted around to cover the rubber band. Take small sections of hair, about half an inch, and start twisting it. Keep twisting until it starts to coil up. Secure it with a bobby pin. Continue twisting sections of hair and pinning them to the head. Start pinning the sections to one side, and work your way around to the other side. Once you have worked your way all the way aroun...
For anyone looking for a new way to style their hair, follow this quick beauty video to learn how to create a side pony tail style. This style works best for anyone with medium to long hair. All you need is bobby pins and some rubber bands to create this look. Take a boar bristle brush and tease the crown to create more volume. Take the upper half of your hair and pull it in the opposite direction you actually want your ponytail going in. place a rubber band about two inches down the ponytail...
Dawn5377 teaches you how to make a pink sweet treat cup door. You need a stamp from the sweet center set and you use it on a small piece of pink cardboard. You punch the middle out. Also punch the middle of another piece of pink cardboard. Insert the treat cup door and stick it in. You use dimensional to hold a white piece of paper, which acts like a tray under the plastic dome. You add some sweet treats inside and stick the other pink piece (with the heart) on the other side. Also remember t...
Have you ever had to close an application with private info in order to let someone else use your PC? LockThis! is a windows application that lets you secure individual programs without the hassle of having to save your progress and closing the program. To use LockThis! just hold the control key and click on the application that needs to be locked and simply enter your password on the dialog that pops up and your done. Now anyone can use your pc without you having to look over their shoulder....
The trucker's hitch is a good, strong knot with many uses. It's ideal for securing a load in a vehicle, and was used that way dating back to the days of wagons hauled by horses. In this video the folks at ITS Tactical teach you how to tie a trucker's hitch, quick and easy.
If you're trying to hack someone's wifi, a useful bit of software you may want to try is called Wireshark. Wireshark is a wifi packet sniffer, which is an essential step in actually breaking into someone's wireless system. Of course, this is illegal, so make sure you're only doing it to test a network's security, or for your own educational purposes. Check out the video, follow the steps and see how secure network is. Hack, hack, hack!
In this video, we learn how to make mince pies. Start out by sprinkling flour onto your counter and then rolling out your dough for the pies. Roll this out until it's thin, then cut out circles with a cookie cutter and place into a muffin pan. After this, fill with the mince filling and then a spoonful of cream cheese on top of that. After this, place the topping on these and secure with melted butter. Place these in the oven and bake them until they are golden brown. Let cool, then sprinkle ...
In this video we learn how to wrap handlebars. First, open up the tape and remove the adhesive. Place the tape on the bar and then tuck in one half as you work your way up the bar. The adhesive should be on the bars and there should be tension on them so they lay flat. Once you finish wrapping this, make sure they are tight and secure. Check your work to make sure you didn't leave any gaps and the curve is smooth. Don't pull too hard if you are working with cork tape, this will cause damage t...
Use 12 inches of fishing line and a fishing hook. Make a large loop, folding the fishing line in half and put the fishing hook through it about a quarter of the way down the fishing line. Take the loop under the hook, draw it through the hole that was created. Pull to tighten. Next, take the small, loose end of the loop and place it around the fish hook. Pull the fishing hook through. Pull the end of the fishing line tightly so that the knot is firm and secure. Watch the video for more inform...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a Max from Where the Wild Things Are. First, you will make the ears and the tail for the costume. Use felt for the ears and a furry type of fabric for the tail and the body. Cut out all of the different materials, then sew them onto a large off white colored hoodie. Once you have finished sewing these on, put the hoodie onto your body to make sure everything is secure in place. After this, put on shorts and sew the tail to those, then you will be able to...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a realistic goose call. The materials required for this project are: a plastic bottle cap, scissors, rubber band and a piece of paper. Begin by making a small hole in the bottle cap. Then wrap the paper around the other side of the bottle cap and secure it with the rubber band. Now just blow in the hole and make a humming sound to create a goose call. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy goose hunting, and would like to learn how to...
In this tutorial, we learn how to tie an Alpine Coil knot. When you start your coil you want the starting end to be inside your hand. First, take the working end of your rope on your last coil and make a loop in your rope. Then, wrap a couple of turns around the rope and lock it into place. Once you've made a couple of turns, the working end will go into the loop. To secure, go over to the end from the loop and give it a tug, which will lock the working end into the rope and make a nice way t...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to install gutter screens. The materials required for this task are: tape measure, tin snips, drill with bits and sheet metal screws. Begin by measuring the gutter to determine how many screens to buy. Start at one end of the gutter and slide the back edge underneath the shingles. Then snap the edges in place and continue down the length of the gutter. Now drill holes in the edges of the screens and screw in the sheet metal screws to secure the gutter...
In this tutorial, we learn how to style a cute and curly retro hairstyle. Start off by sectioning your hair off and starting on the underneath area of your side. Now, take your hair into sections and curl them into curlers. While these are sitting, take the top back portion of your hair and curl the hair, then place them into curlers as well. Continue to do this for all of the sections in your hair, pinning with bobby pins to keep them secure. Allow these to sit in your hair for around an hou...
Shelley Lovett teaches us how to make a thumbprint butterfly clay pot in this tutorial. First, start off with a medium sized clay pot and several different colored paints. To make the butterflies, have your kids dip their thumbprint into paint and make a butterfly. Make two thumbprints on each side of the butterfly body. Use a paintbrush to paint in the body and head of the butterfly. When finished, use a sealer to secure the paint on the pot, then let dry completely. You can now use these po...
In this video, we learn how to make the guitar bar decorative knot. First, set up the bard then cow hitch two strips of rope side by side. Next, measure each bar to 12 inches long and make sure you have 12 feet of rope. After this, build the frets of the bar, and while you are doing this you will flip the bar over and start to half hitch. Continue to do this, tying all of the ropes together into the knot. Next, turn the knot over and continue on the other side. When you are near the end of yo...
In this tutorial, we learn how to install anti-sway bars on a 2008 Ford Mustang GT. First, take off the bolt off the end link, then use a socket to remove the nuts off the sway bar. After this, remove the sway bar and set aside. Now, insert your new sway bar, making sure you line it up properly. Then, place the bushings in with it and apply all the bolts in place to keep it secure. After you are done with this, replace all the parts that you took out of the car in the first place. When you ar...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a Solomon bar decorative knot. You will start by grabbing the ring at the end of the string, then tie it to an opposite ring. Fold the left side of the string to the right and bring the right over to the left. Pull the left into the loop to create a knot. Now, you will have two string that are more up and two that are more down. Next, tie the top strings into a knot, then bring the right knot behind the bottom two, and thread the left knot into the right...
Want to be as secure as you can while you surf the web? The EFF and the TOR project have brought you HTTPS Everywhere, a Firefox addon that encrypts as many websites as possible. This clip will show you how to use it. It's simple! So simple, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including complete, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
In this tutorial, we learn how to fit a backpack for long distance hiking. For scouts, look for a backpack with an adjustable torso so the pack can grow with you. After this, have the sales staff help you adjust your pack correctly, and measure how long the pack is on your back. You want the pack to fit you perfectly so you don't have back problems later. Try the pack on both on the hip section and shoulder to see how it feels on you. Tighten any adjustments to make it more secure, then you w...
This video illustrate us how to wear and distribute the load of your hiking backpack. Here are the following steps:
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a French twist hairstyle. Begin by making a parting in the hair by brushing the hair towards the middle. Place a some grips to hold the hair to one side and spray on some hairspray to help hold it. Place your hands underneath the neck to hold the hair. Then wrap your hand around the thumb and secure it with your fingers. Use big pins to hold the twist. Brush the twist with a bristle brush and use some hairspray to hold it together. This video ...
If you need to fix your plasterboard or drywall, you will probably need to use hollow wall anchors. In this tutorial, learn how to identify, buy and use hollow wall anchors with the Ultimate Handyman. Once you master this skill, you will be able to repair almost any wall easily. Hollow wall anchors are also very useful for hanging anything heavy on an otherwise weak wall. They attach to the back of the plasterboard with little legs so they are more secure than normal nails or screws.
This video by Matt Wright will teach you the easy way on how to truss and roast a chicken. Matt likes his roast chicken with a lot of pepper and salt on the outside. He seasons the insides of the chicken with a generous helping of fresh chopped rosemary, coarsely ground sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Then the joints of the chicken are rubbed with the seasoning. The chicken is trussed up by bending the wings backwards on the body and tying a string across the breast and over the win...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a guerilla spotlight using household items. Users will simply need a cardboard cylinder and a light source. Te materials used in this video were a toilet paper roll, piece of aluminum, gaff tape and a lamp. Begin by cutting a couple of 90 degrees slots in the middle of the foil, slide in the tube ad secure it with tape. It should be a bit longer than the tube. Now wrap it around the light source. This video will benefit those viewers who produ...
