infusing botanicals help!!

[CTAnton]

thanks vmakkers...that sounds like a really cool device...let me know how it works out for you!
and a ps to Sonya...with a name like Anton it's been an uphill battle all my life...third grade teacher even asked"what do your friends call you"?
Thanks to my mom I stood my ground and said, "Anton".And it's not Antoine either, that one really gets my goat...

 

[Shalora]

I had completely forgotten about the dangers of infusing fresh herbs. I'm so glad I searched up this thread, though I wish I had done so *before* I cut the lavender and poured my oils. I managed to find a setting on my stove that is holding the oil around 135 and I'm getting the bubbling, so I'm baby-sitting it along and waiting for it to stop and trusting the lye to take care of the rest. But from now on I'm sticking to dried herbs. Thinking I'll make calendula oil for my cranky skin...