[goosepimple]

  these are all great and gets you looking at all the stuff you accumulate and thinking what else it could be which is great fun.
We have a working waterwheel, but a man who came to help us get it going made his own out of unzipped oil drums and calor gas canisters halved to make the buckets of the wheel - he uses it for electricity backup.

Have to ask though Sally - what is a niddy noddy - whatever it is I want one  , oh and a lazy kate  , 

[colliewoman]

lazy kate out of empty Crystalyx bucket, wooden skewers and elastic bands

Consider this idea well and truly stolen now as well :D:D

[SallyintNorth]

Have to ask though Sally - what is a niddy noddy - whatever it is I want one  , oh and a lazy kate  ,

Niddy noddy is a frame to wind your wool onto, off the bobbin and into a skein.

Lazy Kate holds a bobbin or three for winding / plying.

lazy kate out of empty Crystalyx bucket, wooden skewers and elastic bands

Consider this idea well and truly stolen now as well :D:D

You are very welcome, I love to see those plastic tubs getting used; what a waste if they all go to the tip!