Category: cleaning

  • Dusting Tool

    Dusting Tool

    Nov 18, 2024 by HTV9 This is more experimental than anything else. It’s three chopsticks rubber-banded together, with one of those knit dustrags I made kind of wadded at the top and attached to it with a hair tie. Does it dust more easily and effectively than just the dustrag itself? Only time will tell.…

  • New Laundry Stain Removal

    New Laundry Stain Removal

    Oct 11, 2024 by HTV9 Tonight I anointed my sweater with the kiss of ketchup. Lots of ketchup. This is my second favorite sweater so I wasn’t too pleased. In a lot of cleaning handbooks and guides there’s this guide to stain removal that is a bunch of arcane wizardry and mystical chanting, more or…

  • Knit Dust Rags

    Knit Dust Rags

    Aug 14, 2024 by HTV9 So this is a practice run of stockinette stitch. It’s probably suitable for a beginner knitter. I’m not going to put in a tutorial here of how to knit or purl, cast on or bind off, or overhand-knot and weave in yarn ends, because you can find all those in…

  • An Attempt At Reusable Kitchen Washcloths

    An Attempt At Reusable Kitchen Washcloths

    Jun 19, 2024 by HTV9 This might not be the most accessible post but it is what it is. Here was my idea: what if I cleaned up the washcloths already in the kitchen, sterilized them, then kept them in the kitchen and used them only to clean said kitchen and its surfaces, cleaning them…