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| astra |
Can a dumbo make a Wonderbag???????I've been looking at the Wonderbag thingies that work like a haybox/slow cooker. They seem very expensive for what they are and I thought I might be able to make one. I found some instructions online but I'm neither very practical nor the sharpest pin in the cushion so can't being doing with fiddling around with a protractor and degrees!!Please does anyone know of a simple pattern/method for making one of these? |
| NorthernMonkeyGirl |
Is it not just a duvet; or am I thinking of something else? |
| astra |
It's a sort of drawstring bag with a circular base, and little panels filled with polystyrene beads that encompass a pot and get drawn up over another circular filled pad on top of the pot and then the lot gets tied with a drawstring.
I'll see if I can do a linky thing but don't guarantee it!! 
http://nb-wonderbag.com/ |
| NorthernMonkeyGirl |
I bet a pattern for a beanbag or big puffy cushion would give you the right shape? Or just make a cube version? |
| tahir |
I don't think elephants have the necessary dexterity for sewing |
| Nick |
If you started with a duvet, and just made up a net, it couldn't be too hard, I'd guess? |
| astra |
@ Tahir
 and they'd probably stitch in their ear flaps too 
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| astra |
Thanks NMG and Nick for your suggestions. I'll have a fiddle and see what happens!!
If it works and is worth seeing I'll post a pic! |
| marigold |
On my "one day" list is a plan to turn a Rosewood meat delivery box and a derelict wool blanket into an insulated cooking thingumy...
Burying a casserole dish in an old duvet in a sturdy box would probably do the trick too. Hayboxes apparently worked, so there's no need to use fancy materials. Also, I expect that polystyrene beads are environmentally dodgy, both in manufacture and disposal. |
| madcat |
I'd make a haybox , if hay gets grubby you can shove in the compost bin and get a fresh lot. |
| Mistress Rose |
Hayboxes were a good way of saving fuel for things that needed a long cooking time. Todays slow cookers are merely a development of them. My mother cooked with a haybox but I never saw her use one, although she told me about it, and also how to stuff a paliasse with straw to make a comfortable mattress, which they did in Guides. We just lay on a groundsheet on the ground. |
| dpack |
a small bit of plywood to put the pot on and a duvet works fine
haybox ditto super easy to do |
| astra |
a small bit of plywood to put the pot on and a duvet works fine
haybox ditto super easy to do |
Really?? You just put your pot on a board and tuck it up in a duvet and it'll do the job???? That's got to be easier than wonderbags or boxes of hay
