Merry Christmas!!
Look at all the goodies I made for my wife!!!
This was my my Christmas present to her. A knitting box, a Niddy Nosty, a yarn swift and two nostipindes.
I will admit to having a little bit of guilt about getting to play in my shop for days under the guise of "Making presents"… but I’ll get over it. I think she is ok with it…
I have already talked about the sewing box but the other stuff bears mentioning in detail. The nostipindes are used to wind yarn into a ball. They look like fancy, thick drumsticks. These two are 14" long and are made out of the yummiest walnut I have ever seen.
The yarn swift was one of those things she asked me to make and I assumed would be easy to find plans for online. This was not the case, so I had to just grab a couple of pictures I found and make my own. I did, however, decide to be a nice guy and created this Yarn Swift Plan, which describes in detail how to build one.
Finally, the niddy nosty is basically a nostipinde with a couple of pieces of wood on each end that allows you to wind a skein or ball your yarn. In case you are wondering, I have no idea what I just said there. That was a mental cut an paste from the site I saw them at. My wife had asked for one for a while, but last night I realized I had lots of stuff for her but nothing to put in her stocking (her fiber card cloth is still in transit…)… 
So I ran downstairs and grabbed a couple of the prettiest pieces of oak I had and got to work. I think the result is kinda pretty! I finished it with beeswax.
So I ran downstairs and grabbed a couple of the prettiest pieces of oak I had and got to work. I think the result is kinda pretty! I finished it with beeswax.Anyway, the kids all got lots of goodies, I got woodworking music (W00T!!! Headbanging music… go figure…) and more lumber got convinced to be "stuff" for my wonderful and darling wife. Good times…
