Pocket Sized Lantern

Step 3 Wick:

In order to get your wick through the hole, carefully use your knife to push the wick in as seen in the following picture.

The longer the wick above the lid, the higher the flame will be. I recommend you leave the wick no longer than 1/2 inch.

Comments

[imagicalgreek]

A small strip cut from an old cotton Tshirt might work well, too...yank on the ends and it will curl... To emulate the ease of threading like a shoelace, as Direcleit mentioned, you could wrap a bit of scotch tape tightly around the end and then peel or cut it off after it's through...

[Direcleit]

If you use a shoelace, why not leave the plastic end on it to thread through the hole and cut it off afterwards?

[Bran]

All of the shoelaces I have are synthetic; the fumes they give off when they burn are carcinogenic.