As some of you know, just over a year ago a tree fell on our house, and we are now one year away from what we used to have. With the new house in and most of the work done, I have been able to do more wood working. During late summer, I started out just working outside on a table and covering it up at night just in case it was to rain. My second shop was under our RV canopy, which was a little bit crammed and was somewhat exposed to the elements. Just before Fall, my third shop was a 10x20 carport canopy, I made my own custom work bench out of free woods I got from a couple pallets and some other recycled woods. It was the perfect height and I had all my woods organized which worked well at first, but then the moisture was getting underneath and coming in through the sides, things were getting ruined! Now into Winter, I moved everything to our homesteader's cabin. It has plenty of room for everything as long as I keep it organized. I was pretty frustrated I couldn't fit my workbench in there, but I managed to make something that works well for now. I am glad I got everything in there because it has a wood stove which we had in our old house but not in our new one. I didn't really know how much I enjoyed the wood stove until I had it back again.
During these various moves I had been working back into my projects. I started turning regular and larger crochet hooks for rag rugs and a HUGE Tunisian Crochet Hook for a cowl my sister made with roving. I also made my first Niddy Noddy (to wind home spun yarns) and I also worked on some bowls, and found that I was able to do a better job than I had in the past; keeping my tools sharp also played a big part in it. I got excited about a project my mom saw and I made a small acorn ring box. It was challenging to figure out how to make two parts fit together and making the stem was my smallest piece yet. After that I wanted a more 'manly' project and made a wooden butterfly knife! It was not that dangerous because it was made of wood. I am pretty exited to see what projects I will be doing in the future, and what type of setup I might have then, since I wouldn't have ever expected to be where I am today.
During these various moves I had been working back into my projects. I started turning regular and larger crochet hooks for rag rugs and a HUGE Tunisian Crochet Hook for a cowl my sister made with roving. I also made my first Niddy Noddy (to wind home spun yarns) and I also worked on some bowls, and found that I was able to do a better job than I had in the past; keeping my tools sharp also played a big part in it. I got excited about a project my mom saw and I made a small acorn ring box. It was challenging to figure out how to make two parts fit together and making the stem was my smallest piece yet. After that I wanted a more 'manly' project and made a wooden butterfly knife! It was not that dangerous because it was made of wood. I am pretty exited to see what projects I will be doing in the future, and what type of setup I might have then, since I wouldn't have ever expected to be where I am today.