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makes cute icicles, but directions are wrong!

the directions day to cut the pipe cleaners in 4 inch segments, but there is not enough room for all the beads if you do that. so cut them in 6" segments. if you need more pipe cleaners, make sure they are WHITE. i used red and yellow, and they didn't look like icicles any more.

save a lot of time making tied fringe fleece throws

If you want to make the fleece fringe blankets, then you need this gadget. After you have the two pieces of fleece lying on top of each other with the selvages removed, use a 4"x4" up to 6"x6" square to cut out the corners. Once that is done, place the guide against one edge that you just cut out and with a pen (or tracing paper and a tracing wheel) use the grooves to lightly mark your cutting lines--just make sure that if your square was 6"x6", that your cutting lines are also 6". you can make 18 marks before you have to move the guide and start again. You get perfect 1" strips with very little trouble. Cut along your cutting lines, and then tie the knots. I made a 60"x72" blanket in 3 hours with this great tool. Without it, I would probably still have the fleece in the bag from the fabric store in the bottom of my closet. IMHO, worth every penny.