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To ask how one weaves lentils exactly?

42 replies

pinkballetflats · 27/05/2013 20:43

Seeing as I lean more to the left more than 50% of the time I feel I should know how to do this. I had a good look at a packet of lentils in my kitchen and thought maybe if one partially softens them and then runs them into lots of long chains using microfilament and then puts them to re-dry on the radiator...I'd have semi-flexible lengths of connected lentils with which to weave...

Would that be the right way to go about it?

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exexpat · 27/05/2013 20:48

I find you need to combine them with organic, hand-spun, home-grown hemp (or fairly-traded Bolivian llama wool, at a pinch) to get something substantial enough for the children to wear to school...

scaevola · 27/05/2013 20:49

Probably.

Similar attention to detail required to plait your armpit hair.

NumTumDeDum · 27/05/2013 20:52

I can't believe you have to ask. Grin Doesn't everybody know how to do this? GrinWink

Didactylos · 27/05/2013 20:53

I thought you just got stoned and did some freestyle crochet

like, dont plan for it, your lentil weaving's got to happen organically....
though you may find you end up incorporating aduki beans and other pulses

MrsLettuce · 27/05/2013 20:53

No, no! Is all moonlight and magic dahling.

Jamdoughnutfiend · 27/05/2013 20:55

Yes but if you use a radiator to sry them it negates the benefits of weaving your own lentils - you need to make sure you dry them on the line (Amature Grin)

Crikeyblimey · 27/05/2013 20:55

I suspect you are making that fundamental error of trying to weave your lentils BEFORE you knit your own yoghurt.

We've all been there - it's messy but if you persevere, those pesky lentils will virtually weave themselves.

WafflyVersatile · 27/05/2013 20:56

I rub them on my armpit hair plaits to make them static then they stick together a treat.

gordyslovesheep · 27/05/2013 20:57

don't forget to post pictures of your efforts on Pintrest

littlewhitebag · 27/05/2013 20:59

I like to crochet my own muesli but i haven't mastered lentil weaving yet. Little buggers are hard to get hold of. They keep slipping through my fingers. As for yogurt knitting - well don't get me started on that. Bloody messy for a start.

pinkballetflats · 27/05/2013 21:00

Ah...I see I need to go back to the drawing board - what would the carbon footprint be of me cooking the lentils over my own recently chopped down apple wood instead of using gas?

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Auntlinny · 27/05/2013 21:02

You are best to start with felting your lentils ...and crafting them into little gnomes to sell at your local Steiner school fair.

LegoAcupuncture · 27/05/2013 21:03

I thought one used a loom Confused

pinkballetflats · 27/05/2013 21:35

You can felt lentils too? How do I do that? I've been living under a rock, haven't I?

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badbride · 27/05/2013 22:13

How does one weave lentils exactly?

With one's Yoni, obviously. Haven't you been paying attention?

A more interesting question is whether one should have one's Yoni felted. Opinions? Grin

WafflyVersatile · 27/05/2013 22:24

My yoni seems to self-felt. Maybe I'm just lucky.

As for knitting youghurt, I use a thick set greek yoghurt to reduce mess.

pinkballetflats · 27/05/2013 22:26

Well, this is just getting embarrassing now....

What's a yoni? And would I want it felted?

Blush
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WafflyVersatile · 27/05/2013 22:32

your yoni is a sacred place, pink.

pinkballetflats · 27/05/2013 22:35

Really? I've never even thought of felting my shoe wardrobe!!!

Grin
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Talkinpeace · 27/05/2013 22:36

I always thought it was strands of tofu reinfoced with inch long leg hairs made the mesh on which to weave the lentils (green of course, not orange)

TravelinColour · 27/05/2013 22:38

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badbride · 27/05/2013 22:47

Shame on you, Waffly. Every time you self-felt your Yoni, an angel cries.

MoonlightandRoses · 27/05/2013 22:48

Well, like this obviously.

Honestly, the youth of today...Still I suppose it's good that you want to try dear [Pats pinks head in a patronising manner] Grin

MeerkatMerkin · 27/05/2013 22:51

In the same way you weave yogurt, I'd imagine.

LastTangoInDevonshire · 27/05/2013 22:59

It is much easier to knit yoghurt if you use the Truly Organic Full Fat Greek variety - then it comes naturally. Just remember to use authentic organic wooden bamboo skewers as knitting needles.

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