Colours on a Cube

Ah...  I have just been told that the normal combinations of colours on the Rubik's Cube  has red opposite orange, blue opposite green and yellow opposite white.

My pattern was taken from the cube my daughter has.  On it red is opposite orange, blue opposite white and yellow opposite green.  This means that if someone want to use my colour placement chart and wants to use the original colour combination they should switch the placement of green and white.

Rubik's Cube

The Rubik's Cube tissue box cover is now complete!  My first finished project for 2013.

Rubik's Cube and Cold Sheeping

One of the good things about the Rubik's Cube tissue box holder is that it is using up some of my stash of yarn.  Work is coming on a-pace now.  However, I don't have a suitable green yarn.  It will now need to be set aside until tomorrow when I can get to Joan's of Onchan to buy new yarn.

Over the last few years I have tried to decrease my stash of yarn, but quite frankly, it doesn't appear to be working too well.  One possible way of going about it is to 'cold sheep'.  This is a semi-humorous take on 'cold turkey'; the person with the yarn problem simply stops buying yarn.  

Can I discipline myself in the ways of stash reduction, or is it really time to go 'cold sheep'?    Perhaps I need to give serious consideration to including yarn-based craft supplies in my New Year's Resolutions.  Perhaps.

Crafting List

The list of ideas is getting longer and longer.  A list is the answer!

• Rubik's Cube tissue box holder for Number 1 Daughter (done)
• TARDIS tissue box holder for Number 2 Daughter
• Dead Fish hat for Number 2 Daughter
• Lace hat and scarf for Number 1 Daughter
• Sweater for the Beloved
• Sleep masks for Juan

Hand-made Christmas Presents

There are times when hand-made Christmas presents are wonderful things, and other times when they are just wonderful ideas.

This year I managed to make a grand total of three Christmas gifts, and that is only if you count a pair of slipper socks as two items!

I decided around the 20th of December that I was not about to knock myself out trying to get all of my ideas into the realms of reality.  Instead, the days between Christmas and my return to work on the 7th of January would be crafting days.

Today, I am working on a Rubik's Cube tissue box holder for Number 1 Daughter. I looked at various pictures of the tissue box on-line and did not feel comfortable with any of them.  I could not be sure the puzzle could be solved.  Yes, that does sound a bit odd, but I wasn't about to make a Rubik's Cube tissue box holder that wasn't solvable.  :o)

After borrowing a cube I decided on this particular organisation of colours.  I can assure everyone that this pattern is definitely solvable. 

These are the six faces of the cube.  The letters show how to join the faces.  As join with As and Bs join to Bs, etc.  The middle orange square on the fifth face has been greyed.  This is to indicate where the opening for the tissue should be made.

I have included all six faces, but I will only be using five of them.  There will be no bottom to the tissue box holder.  Instead, the tissue box will be held in place by a couple of strands of elastic.