Published - Mon, 06 Jan 25

Project Timeline: 07 Dec - 03 Jan (27 days)

Knit Jumper for Nephew

My (almost) 5 year old nephew would like a knitted jumper, since I'm always telling him about the knitting I'm doing and showing him my jumpers. He's a wonderful boy and it's time I made him one. (Of course I'll make his younger sister one too).

Overview

- Using the Snow Sweater pattern for the shape and this Yarn.
- Instead of the snow details I did a pearl striping detail, which I thought would make it more interesting.
- Adjustment: For the body I did even stitches (not increases) like the pattern suggests.

1 strand of Knitting for Olive Merino (250 m [273 yd] / 50 g [1.8 oz]), 2 (2, 2, 3, 3, 3) bal

Jumper Inspo

I'm going with the patt...

Published - Tue, 31 Dec 24

Project Timeline: 23 Dec - 31 Dec (8 days)

Drawers Under Workbench

Would like to add two drawers under my workbench for additional storage, similar to the existing drawer near the top of the bench. Will use leftover plywood.

This project was started just before Christmas. I used leftover plywood I had from making the storage cupboard. I wanted to make this mainly for the extra handy storage, but also to continue practising my skills.

I mostly used the jigsaw, the mitre saw and the electric router. Although am becoming more proficient with a chisel and hammer, which I will try to use more in future projects.

I really appreciated that this was a much shorter, more contained project. Even though it took about a week in small stages. I'm very happy with the result! To finish them off, I sanded, then used my steel and vinegar wood dye, some beeswax coating and linseed oil. The homemade dye ...

Published - Tue, 24 Dec 24

Project Timeline: 17 Dec - 24 Dec (7 days)

Spin leftover cotton wool

Have 200-300g of cotton wool left over. Plan to spin it up. No knitting project in mind yet. Stash busting.

One of my most consistent cotton spins yet. Love how it turned out.

Published - Thu, 05 Dec 24

Project Timeline: 14 Oct - 05 Dec (52 days)

Zipper Sweater Light

Jumper 3/3 from the Nordic jumper series https://www.petiteknit.com/en/products/zipper-sweater-light A thick nordic wool for a more outdoor style jumper.

Third in the three-part series of Nordic jumpers - danish patterns and nordic wool. This one is the Zipper Sweater Light. I'm excited to be finishing this series and using up all the wool I bought. I'll probably do a mini round of left over yarn projects from these three jumpers after that to really get down to zero again. 

As seen in pattern guide:

15 Oct

Cast On. I did a quick gauge swatch and was bigger ...

Published - Mon, 18 Nov 24

Project Timeline: 14 Sep - 08 Nov (55 days)

Pegboard for Woodwork Tools

Make a pegboard with doors on it to hang on the wall to storage wood working tools. https://www.woodmagazine.com/project-plans/workshop-jig/shop-cabinets-storage-organizers/heirloom-hand-tool-cabinet

The pattern / instructions

10 Sep

This cabinet is my plan to store all the new tools I've acquired for woodworking, and hopefully some existing tools like my sewing machine. I know its a big project, but I think it'll be a good all-rounder to learn a few new skills and techniques.

After lots of research on wood… I’ve come back to plywood from Wickes. Ha, oh dear… It just gets crazy expensive when I look elsewhere. I’m sure there are suppliers out there of good quality and...

Published - Tue, 29 Oct 24

Project Timeline: 20 Oct - 28 Oct (8 days)

Planter and Toolbox

Throwing in two side projects, while my tool cupboard is underway.

Throwing in two side projects, while my tool cupboard is underway. I was going to have a lot of the thin 6mm plywood left over, so while I had it on the table to cut it down, I thought I might as well make some smaller things out of it, and practice some skills e.g. the router. 

These boxes did the trick in that they were satisfyingly small enough to complete in a few days. I still have to figure out the joinery somewhat, as the plywood is too thin to use screws onto eachother. I needed a thicker piece of wood to hold each corner together.

While putting together the corners, I did feel the need for some corner clamps. It was quite fiddly to get everything lined up...