[Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas crafts - Clove covered orange

[Dan Brewer]

I have always wanted to try this. But never got to it.
HenriettaAt 07:26 PM 12/5/2008, you wrote:

>I remember as a kid covering an orange with cloves to make a scented thing
>to hang in the closet.  When I brought it home from residential school my
>mother would not let me put it in anyone's closet as she said it would rot.
>The teacher said that it would not, but I do not have proof one way or the
>other.  If anyone has experience with this, I'd love to hear about it.
>
>Push the pointed ends of whole cloves into the skin of an orange.
>
>Continue doing this until the entire orange is covered.
>
>Lay the orange in the center of a piece of cloth.
>
>Brings the corners of the cloth up so that they all meet together and the
>orange is entirely covered.
>
>Tie a ribbon or yarn around the gathered ends of the cloth to keep it
>gathered tightly around the clove covered orange.  Either leave a long
>enough tail on the ribbon or yarn or add another piece so that the completed
>item can be hung on the rod of a closet  Tie a loop in the end of this long
>ribbon or yarn so that the orange can pass through it to make a sort of slip
>knot for hanging.
>
>
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Henrietta
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