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DIY: trivets made from clothes pegs

31.5.2017

Translation: machine translated

Trivets that adapt to the size of the pot are very easy to make yourself. All you need is a few clothes pegs.

Three years ago, I discovered some fantastic glass coasters in a bakery. Golden rim with a mother-of-pearl filling. I wanted to buy them straight away, even though the dream of owning my own flat was still a year or two away. What stopped me was my highly rational friend. Unfortunately, my emotional arguments were no match for his logical ones.

Today, two years older and wiser, I have to admit: The coasters would have been totally superfluous, because to this day I have never felt the need to use any in my home. But maybe that's also because I haven't yet reached the coffee table with my home furnishings. What I do need, however, are coasters for hot pots and pans. Personally, I don't particularly like the simple cork ones, which is why I decided to simply make some myself.

What you need for this:

wooden clothes pegs
Second glue

Ironing + Laundry care accessories

Axentia Clothes pegs wood 50pcs

Glue

CHF5.90

UHU Super Flex

3 g

And this is how it's done:

Step 1: Grab 12 to 13 wooden clothes pegs and carefully detach the two individual parts from the metal clip that holds them together. You can easily do this by twisting the two parts past each other in opposite directions. So just fiddle around a bit and the whole thing will come loose pretty quickly.

Step 2: Now glue the two detached pieces of wood together back to back with the superglue and leave the new structure to dry. It's best to prepare all the clothes pegs in this way before moving on to the next step.

Step 3: Now you have your building blocks to make your coaster. To do this, arrange them in a star shape with the round end facing outwards. You can now glue the elements together on the flat sides of the lower tapered end. I stopped after about 12 to 13 elements and didn't complete the circle. And there is a simple reason for this. As the clothes pegs are limited in length (i.e. there are no larger pegs as they are standard), it would be difficult to place large pans on them later. That's why I use a little trick: if you only make semicircles, you can stagger them later and play with the distances between them. This way, there is room for several pans of different sizes next to each other. However, if you opt for the full circle version, you will need around 24 clamps.

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As a massive Disney fan, I see the world through rose-tinted glasses. I worship series from the 90s and consider mermaids a religion. When I’m not dancing in glitter rain, I’m either hanging out at pyjama parties or sitting at my make-up table. P.S. I love you, bacon, garlic and onions.

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