Janelle Powell and her husband went to their local library branch for an electric saw and grabbed a pasta maker while they were at it. The Markham, Ont. couple were contemplating buying the power tool for a one-off home reno project, but didn’t think they would use it again.
So to the library they went.
We were doing that checkout process (and) I noticed that they had a pasta maker,” said Powell, who works in marketing and writes online about various “life hacks” on the side.
“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m borrowing this.'”
After two weeks whipping up ravioli and other pasta shapes, Powell asked herself whether she wanted to buy her own machine.
It was fun, but she concluded “probably not.”
Libraries have far more to offer than books and hushed spaces. Sometimes you have to ask or dig around, but a library card can get you a wide array of tools, gadgets, resources and services at no cost.
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