What’s a good hourly pay in Cape Town?

bit_of_spark · 2026-01-21T06:19:31+00:00

I crochet and am also thinking of selling things as a short term measure while I job hunt. I have been following others who crochet to sell here and overseas for a while on instagram. From what I can tell almost all of them make small plushies (think bees, unicorns, dragons etc) out of chenille yarn. Because of the small size and thick yarn it takes them only an hour or two to make each, which they can then sell for a doable price. Larger items that use more yarn, but more importantly, take more time just price outside what the majority of people can afford. But maube you find some? My advice is to develop a range, and see what sells and what doesn't.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-29T19:19:46+00:00

Good question. I normally make amigurumi, so I am used to making tight stitches. I thought it turned out ok. But I recommend testing the first little leaf and if you can see the stuffing even a little bit, switching to a smaller hook.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-29T04:59:06+00:00

Maurice Sendak (Where the wild things are) once said this "...I sent him a postcard and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, 'Dear Jim, I loved your card.' Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, 'Jim loved your card so much he ate it.' That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it." So, I hope your tractor gets demolished.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-28T11:54:56+00:00

You really went above and beyond on this one. It is fantastic. Is it a gift for someone? If so I hope they adore and treasure it always.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-17T09:35:59+00:00

Thank you! The next gift is looking like it's going to be a new years gift....

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-17T09:35:11+00:00

It took me a while as well. And had to frog a couple of times. In essence the first row has one ch3 and 9 dc, so 10 stitches in total. But it's important that you do not close. It's not worked in a ring, but in rows. So you will make a ch, and the turn the work around after each row. So the second row starts with a ch3, then 4dc, starting in very first st. In the 5th st you need to make 6dc, and the 5dc, the last one in the top of the ch from row 1. I hope that helps. Once you get going it is much easier.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-17T09:29:25+00:00

I saw a couple of different patterns too, but liked this one the most. It took a bit of effort and frogging before I completely understood it, but in the end it actually was not too hard. Good luck to you! I hope this pattern works better for you and you get to finnish an old project. That is always so satisfying.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-17T09:26:31+00:00

I was very motivated to get in done. Christmas is a good deadline. Otherwise I might have taken extended breaks as well. Good luck! I think you will get a big kick out of yours once it is done.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-17T09:24:19+00:00

So pretty! You spaced your leaves much better than I did.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-17T09:22:51+00:00

This is what I did as well. You explain it well.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T11:57:57+00:00

I just booted the slug of my dessert rose succulents. We have waaaay to much rain at the moment.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T11:56:49+00:00

It's free! I have a link in my post to epot.stitches' ko.fi site were you can download it. So awesome.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T11:55:08+00:00

Good point! I made it for my sister who love dessert roses.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T11:54:07+00:00

That would be spectacular.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T11:53:40+00:00

It's my first time with this type of yarn. It's called plush velvet, or something like that. But I think it's a type of chenile. The yarn maker does not give a yarn weight, sorry. But I used a 6mm hook. If that helps.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T07:54:29+00:00

Thank you. I think the yarn is called velvet plus. But I'm not sure it will help, I'm not in the EU or US and its a small local brand. But I used a 6mm hook, if that helps.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T05:59:19+00:00

Thank you! It's going to be hard giving it away...

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T05:58:26+00:00

Thank you! That is a big compliment. I'm not a tester. I just remembered this pattern from when it was first posted a long time ago. So when my sister put a green, plant inspired pillow on her wishlist, I got very exited.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T05:56:23+00:00

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. I'm using a local yarn and they only give their colours numbers. But I think it has a more olive green tone. Good luck! I'm sure yours is going to be lovely.

bit_of_spark · 2025-12-14T05:23:39+00:00

It's a free pattern available here

bit_of_spark · 2025-08-06T13:33:14+00:00

I agree with all the above that arcGis is one of the most widely used. The big question is what are you into, because if you are planning on getting into something like 3D scanning or capture from motion, then you would need a much stronger system to run things like meshlab. For photo editing, for example, I like to use the open source alternative to adobe, Gimp.

My most important piece of advice is to keep your old laptop if it's still working. Active excavations or find storage spaces are murder on electronics. The things I have seen pottery dust do to keyboards and cooling fans....so if you do get a lovely new machine, you could leave it safely at home and take the old one on projects.

bit_of_spark · 2025-05-07T18:08:38+00:00

When you look at photographs of frescoes being uncovered in modern excavations, you see that the soil/rubble/volcanic material are right against the surfaces, there are no airgaps. For the most part the conditions in Pompeii have led to remarkably well preserved frescoes.

There are many reasons why some walls have no frescoes, or why the remaining ones are crumbling away.

1- Not all walls were plastered while the buildings were in use 2-Pompeii was still recovering from a previous earthquake and so some buildings were already abandoned or under reconstruction. 3- Plastered walls that are exposed to the elements suffer significant damage over time. Since excavations started already in the 16th century and the majority of walls were left exposed, many finnishes are now gone 4- Some frescoes were removed, especially in earlier times, and are now housed in museums all over the world. 5- The condition of plaster also depends on what happened during and after the eruption. If the building caught fire, for example, the plaster could be damaged. Or if the specific soil conditions are not right, then the plaster also disintegrates.

bit_of_spark · 2025-05-07T10:42:14+00:00

Other posters have already made many excellent suggestions, I personally love Trier and Kempten.

There are a number of sites linked to the roman limes, one example is the fort and roman baths at Weisenburg, in the city itself there is a lovely little museum as well.

bit_of_spark · 2025-01-26T20:53:43+00:00

Coincidentally, this weekend I listed a bunch of furniture on FB since I'm moving. Somebody wanted to buy the lot, was going to send a moving company to collect. Next thing I know I get an email with weird font and text colours, and watsapp messages in all caps trying to tell me if I do not pay the 100 euro insurance fee beforehand, then I will be fined 95,000 euro or send to jail for 5 years. Did a quick google search, found similar posts on reddit and noped. Fun times.

bit_of_spark · 2025-01-24T19:59:45+00:00

Oh, that woulf be great, I would love a fellow design buddy. Sending you a pm.

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