Antacid tablets are made from the mineral calcite. It takes many minerals to make something as simple as a wooden pencil. The lead is made from graphite and clay minerals, the brass band is made of copper and zinc, and the paint that colors it contains pigments and fillers made from a variety of minerals.
How to Make Fringe for a Scarf. Sometimes you will want to add fringe to your knitted scarves. Follow the steps below for an easy way to make fringe. 1  Wind the yarn around cardboard about the length you want, as above. 2  Cut at one end. 3  Fold the strands in half. and pull through the scarf using a crochet hook.4  Do this for the width of the scarf or whereever you want fringe.ollow the steps below for an easy way to make fringe. 1  Wind the yarn around cardboard about the length you want, as above. 2  Cut at one end. 3  Fold the strands in half. and pull through the scarf using a crochet hook. 4  Pull through the loop to secure.
Several different stitches are needed to knit a scarf, but many are used with U.S. size nine and seven needles along with two or three 50-gram skeins of yarn. How Long Scarves Should Be. Scarves don't have to be a particular length or width to be successful. In fact, for your first scarf, you can knit until you run out of yarn or get tired of knitting the garter stitch. Scarves are versatile and can be made short or long depending on the purpose of knitting them. Traditionally, a scarf goes tip to tip. To do this, try holding your arms out so that the scarf reaches from your left finger across to your right one. On average, this scarf will be about 60 long.