Aw, look how nicely the blended colors in the yarn go with the needle! I’m still plugging away at making a gazillion nålbound circles to construct a larger piece. I can usually do one spiral per car pick up line session. It is going to take awhile. The yarn is spindle spun undyed local alpaca, and the needle was carved from an aged grape vine and sealed with tung oil. I just enjoyed the color play today.
All that room and they both sit on one seat. I even put a fuzzy blanket on the back seat!! (Full disclosure, picture was taken parked in the school pick up line. No dangerous cell phone use.) This is the first time Griffin has let Missy up beside him. He seems to be regretting his decision.
It started as a desire to practice making finger joints. It ended in an entirely scrap sourced organizer! The wood is pine from drops from the storage shelves my husband recently made. I marked the finger joints, cut the sides with a band saw, and excised the waste with a chisel. Sawing on the inside of the line (toward the X) gives a tighter fit.
After cutting and fitting all the joints, I used the table saw to cut the boards into thirds to make three boxes rather than one. It is a little strange to do it this way, but I was testing a technique. I do not recommend this method if you will be cutting dados for a base, because the dados will cut into your joints, making a gap. I filled the gaps with wood filler. I used peg board for the base because it was a good thickness and it was left over from other projects.
After sanding down the wood filler, I used the stain and sealer that was in the garage (again, left overs). I drilled 1/2” holes in the corners of the base, through the peg board to accommodate the 3/8” rope I found in my craft room, and knotted the rope to support the boxes. I hot glued felt (also from the craft room) onto the backs of the boxes to protect the wall.
The hook for the wall is a handrail support. I have no idea why we had just one in the garage, it is possible it has been hanging out with us for almost 20 years, and now it has a purpose!
So there we go, a new organizer from left over bits. Nothing like stretching the creativity muscles to make it work with what you have!
Of the three pumpkins we carved, only one was suitable for chicken consumption. One was painted (my youngest insisted) and the other had some rot starting inside. The chickens were leery of the good pumpkin, not, I think, because of the carved skull, but because it weighed over 8 pounds! They have a similar fear of feed bags and buckets.
I had to remove the lid for the hens to realize the object was edible. Then they decided to resculpt the pumpkin from a skull into Micky Mouse. Huh.
Little Missy needs a buddy. All the time, poor wee thing. When I’m busy and the kids are at school, she will even sidle up to the cats, as close as they will allow! Today is a good day for cute puppy pictures. If you haven’t voted, today’s the day! If you have voted, well done! Now look at puppy pictures, and be kind to one another.
