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Acrylic Yarn Definition Acrylic is a synthetic material with a wide range of possible end uses. Acrylic can be made into yarn or fabric as well as many other types of products. In his book, Textiles: Fiber to Fabric, author Dr. Bernard P. Corbman, explains that: “basically, acrylic is a type of plastic.” The Federal Trade Commission has a slightly more complex definition, saying that acrylic is: “A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 85 percent by weight of acrylonitrile units....

Cons of Using Google Custom Search Engine 1. Sometime Installation is a Bit Tricky Google provides a lot of features and customization options for installing Google CSE on your website. It’s all pretty easy — but sometimes you might struggle a bit to integrate the Google search box in your website’s layout and color scheme. Look and feel of Google Search Results may also not turn out to be exactly the way you want to have it....

Gather Your Supplies How cool is it when a project calls for supplies you already have? No extra run to the craft store and you can get it done in a few hours instead of needing to order anything complicated. This project totally fits the bill. Here’s what you’ll need: Supplies An old bookHot glue sticksFeltElastic Tools ScissorsHot glue gun A quick note on some of these supplies: Keep in mind that you want the cover to be pretty....

It makes sense, however, to buy only a few supplies when you’re new to knitting. The good news is, you don’t need a lot of expensive supplies or fancy yarns to make your first knitting projects. In fact, you could probably buy everything you need at a discount store and not even visit a craft store or yarn shop (though you will find higher-quality items at either of these). So, what do you need to get started?...

Forty Thieves Gameplay Rules Forty Thieves (the name comes from the fact that 40 cards are initially dealt with the tableau) is also known as Big Forty, Le Cadran, Napoleon at St. Helena, and Roosevelt at San Juan. Players One player Deck Forty Thieves is played with two standard 52-card decks, for a total of 104 cards. Ace is low, King is high. Goal The goal of Forty Thieves is to build eight foundations up from Ace to King, keeping the suit....

By the way, the real grandma (or grand daddy!) of mobile phones is Nokia 1100. I have published an article on trivia related with Nokia 1100. You may find it interesting. With landline phones, gone are the days of thick yellow telephone directories. Smartphones are versatile devices. With caller identification, you don’t really need any paper directories.

Fabric grain also affects the way fabric will hang and drape. It’s easy to figure out where the grain in a fabric is. To figure out where the grain is, pull your fabric in several directions. The direction with hardly any stretch is the direction of the grain. You should also know how to tell the grain in fabrics because many sewing patterns reference them. It’s not uncommon to be given a direction like “cut against the grain”....

Medieval mints used preformed round discs of metal and a screw press to manufacture the coins. Although this was a manual process, it was easier and yielded a more consistent quality than the ancient minting process. Modern coins are minted with hydraulic coining presses that automatically feed the blanks into the machine. When the machine is running at full capacity, the press can make over 600 coins per minute. This speed is necessary for an operation like the United States Mint, which must produce billions of coins every year....

Uncirculated examples can be purchased from your local coin dealer or online dealers for a few dollars. The most expensive 1970-S quarter ever sold was only $110. Of course, this was for a Proof specimen in nearly perfect condition that was graded PR-69. However, a few error coins have sold for thousands of dollars. Washington Quarters The United States Mint first minted the Washington quarter in 1932 as a commemorative coin to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of our first president....

Coinflation keeps a running total of U.S. and Canadian coin melt values calculated from the actual market values of the precious metals and bullion in them. They track current coins as well as older coins, so you can look up your Morgan Dollars, too. The site is run by Alec Nevalainen as a hobby, but to me it’s essential daily reading, especially his coin-value-related news aggregator. Visit Coinflation.com Why Does the Metal Value Matter?...

Spotify stats are the basic stats of your listening habit on Spotify. This includes the songs you listen to, the artist you prefer, and so on. The Stats help you keep track of the songs you play. This also helps you to realize how your musical taste has changed and which song you like. Spotify uses these stats to create recommendations for you. In order to analyze your overall musical behavior, you can check Spotify stats....

In a YouTube playlist, videos are played in order, one after another. When a video ends the next one on the queue will immediately start playing automatically without you having to manually click on it. YouTube also has a shuffle feature that randomizes the order. Whether you are a content creator looking to organize your videos or a normal user looking to create a playlist of funny videos to send to a friend, we are here to help....

Why would you want to delete your Facebook account? If someone hacked your account and posted various unnecessary things or something similar. In such a case, you may want to delete your old account. The hacker may change your password and you may not have access to the account. In another case, if you may forget your old password. You can delete the account even in such cases. How to Delete Facebook Account Without Password?...

Hence, the question appears ‘What to do when you are finished watching them all and want to clean it?’ The answer is that you delete them. The process to delete a YouTube playlist is very easy. But remember that once you delete YouTube playlist, there is no going back. You will have to create it again if you want the playlist again. In this article, we will clear all your doubts on this topic and teach you how to delete YouTube playlist....

Why am I not able to access camera on Instagram? When you first download the app you will be welcomed with the pop-up notification of “Allow” and “Deny” access to the camera, a microphone by the app. If you have pressed “Allow” at the time then you have nothing to worry about. You have already enabled camera access on Instagram and make use of it. However, if you accidentally or unknowingly press the “Deny” option, you will have to change the settings manually....

You can find it a lot hard to reply back when you receive a lot of emails. Nowadays all information comes to your email so you should read the emails when possible. There are a lot of reasons to find unread emails in Gmail. How to Find Unread Emails in Gmail? There are a lot of reasons why you may want to find unread emails in your inbox. There are two different options to find unread emails in Gmail....

Maybe you want to keep your Facebook profile private, and thus you are looking for how to hide Facebook profile from Google search. Generally, it’s done so that unknown users cannot find you on Google. You may want that your children can get vulnerable if you allow anyone to find them on Google. Or you may be willing to let only your friends and family members find you on Google....

Now likes are a good way of analyzing and determining how many people have seen and liked what you shared. Especially if you are an influencer and popular, it helps to determine the width of your popularity. However, counting likes affects your mental health more than you can imagine. Also, other people will be able to see who liked your posts which might feel like an invasion of privacy. This is where the feature to hide likes on Facebook comes to play....