Kate asked a great question about how well the soap and such will keep.
Not a silly question at all! The soap will keep well. In fact it gets milder the longer it sits (up to a certain point). The lotion bars and lip balms will be fine as well. I used an anti-oxidant in them to keep the oils from getting rancid. So the big bonus is that I don't have to do anything to get ready for the next show I choose to do.
I took my knitting with me to the show and got about 5 inches done on the foot of the slippers I'm making. At this rate I'll have them done by next winter just in time to use them now that spring seems to really have landed in Northern Michigan. It's hard to believe it snowed last Sunday and today it's in the 70s. I'm loving it!
Posted by tonya at April 15, 2002 01:26 PMI can't help but ask...are you a GSE person, a Vit E person, or do you use something else?? There are always so many arguements about this at the soapmaking boards...
Posted by: Shetha on April 15, 2002 04:58 PMFor things without water (lip balms, lotion bars, etc.) I use T-50 Vitamin E. I use a mixed paraben preservative in real lotion, but I'm very hesitant about selliing it. It seems like a huge risk that I'm not ready to take.
Posted by: tonya on April 15, 2002 10:56 PMthinking of ways to combine soap and knitting: i recently made a soapsack for my soapmaker friend. haven't used it myself, but you could probably make some neat ones. also saw in kids knitting (melanie falick), some simple garter stitch bath puppets that were fun.
Posted by: kristi on April 22, 2002 10:01 AM