While in SteveBe's store in Minneapolis, Minnesota I spied this:
It is a lazy susan like contraption that works well for most cakes of yarn. Place the yarn on the lazy susan and it glides right off the spool. I loved the real wood and ball bearings which make for a wonderful ease of operations. But the $42 price tag took me aback. So I took a couple of photos because I have a wood craftsperson in the family. And I was sure he'd be able to make something like it for me.
Dad had just these two pictures to work from to design a similar product for me. The lazy susan bearings were the most time consuming to find and even that was easy. Dad has catalogs and with a single phone call and 2 days we had it. Dad had a lovely cherry wood in storage and all the tools he needed so within a few days he created this for me.
I asked him to use wood that wasn't as thick as the prototype. And even though it appears on the video as if the thing is off balance, it isn't. Instead my spool of pink crochet thread is not perfectly balanced. This lazy susan is just what I ordered. Thank you Dad.
Now if you want to see an example of the specialty type of woodwork he can do, take a look at the pelican.
Dad created this using wood intarsia. It is a technique of carving different types and colours of wood in a pattern that creates a wood painting. Considering this is the first he's done, I think he did just a great job.
So it seems crafting is in my blood; both parents have crafting skills worth bragging about.
BTW--you might notice on the video I am making progress on the Little Arrows Lace shawl as well.
It is a lazy susan like contraption that works well for most cakes of yarn. Place the yarn on the lazy susan and it glides right off the spool. I loved the real wood and ball bearings which make for a wonderful ease of operations. But the $42 price tag took me aback. So I took a couple of photos because I have a wood craftsperson in the family. And I was sure he'd be able to make something like it for me.
Dad had just these two pictures to work from to design a similar product for me. The lazy susan bearings were the most time consuming to find and even that was easy. Dad has catalogs and with a single phone call and 2 days we had it. Dad had a lovely cherry wood in storage and all the tools he needed so within a few days he created this for me.
I asked him to use wood that wasn't as thick as the prototype. And even though it appears on the video as if the thing is off balance, it isn't. Instead my spool of pink crochet thread is not perfectly balanced. This lazy susan is just what I ordered. Thank you Dad.
Now if you want to see an example of the specialty type of woodwork he can do, take a look at the pelican.
Dad created this using wood intarsia. It is a technique of carving different types and colours of wood in a pattern that creates a wood painting. Considering this is the first he's done, I think he did just a great job.
So it seems crafting is in my blood; both parents have crafting skills worth bragging about.
BTW--you might notice on the video I am making progress on the Little Arrows Lace shawl as well.
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