Weekly Newsletters
Oct. 12, 2024
NewsletterJigsaws and Broad Beans
This week I have been making up for my woodworking stall the past few weeks and have gone full steam. It started with dovetail and box joint practice.
Oct. 5, 2024
NewsletterFood Forest Planning and Oddbits
I’ve spent the week mocking out the layout, starting with around 30 trees. I have a master spreadsheet now, which I’ve made a grid out of. Each square / cell represents one square metre.
Sept. 28, 2024
NewsletterKnitting Power and Paper Mache Trials
The week started with me hurting my back. Not exactly sure how it happened, I just woke up one morning with so much pain that I could barely move or walk around.
Sept. 21, 2024
NewsletterWoodworking Breakthroughs and Magic Wands
This was a proper week of woodworking. The wood arrived last week Friday, and I got started on it the next day. I started sawing the massive sheets (2.4m x 1.2m) of plywood in garden. I have a handsaw and it was heavy going…
Sept. 14, 2024
NewsletterSeptember Setup
This week I officially finished my new blog. All the functionality is done finally! There is always tweaks and improvements, but am happy with the current state and testing is done so am happy to realise it.
Sept. 7, 2024
NewsletterCanned Passata and Woodworking Set Up
Finally made it back HOME on Monday afternoon. I finished the third ball of wool on the Rikke jumper on the plane. I want to start making jumper tags for the back of the neck to write down the pattern and wool used written on it, potentially add it to old
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Latest Completed Projects
Oct. 17, 2024
ProjectScotty Sweater
Project has started well. Stockinette is knitting up relatively quick. Am on the body section now. After this the neck collar and the two sleeves. I'm holding one strand of the Gotland yarn, and one strand of alpaca silk.
Oct. 6, 2024
ProjectPractice Dovetail Box
This is a quick little project to practice dovetails before the real project of the tool cupboard. This turned out much more difficult than expected... Well, I did expect it to be difficult and given I hard it is to just saw in a straight line, a perfect
Oct. 6, 2024
ProjectDovetail Template and Guide
Two mini projects I'd like to do here. One is the dovetail template. This will help me draw out the same angles each time. I could make 3 templates; one 1:6 one 1:7 and one 1:8. The 1:7 is the angle that is used most I believe. Here is an article on how t