There has been knitting. A week or so ago, I got it into my head that it would be *nice* to have a new sweater for Rhinebeck. I could have taken the easy way out, in fact, that was my plan. I went foraging in my WIP pile and dug out the ribbed V neck sweater I started last fall. I finished the neck and picked up the sleeve stiches. Then, I decided that it might need a few (ahem) alterations. That didn’t seem appealing to me. So…. I went to my stash and pulled out some lovely Cascade Lana D’Oro and cast on Kathy Zimmerman’s Marseille Pullover. My thought, if there was one, was that I might, just might pull it off. Hopeful, but not terribly realistic given that it IS autumn, food and gardens need to be dealt with AND the weather has been absolutely glorious for dyeing and then there is the shop. THE SHOP.
Here are the pieces of the puzzle so far. Friday, it hit me that it might go a bit faster if I would knit the sleeves as mindless knitting at the same time as the cabled not so mindless front. Thank goodness for extra circs. It’s a fun project, I will wear it this year, how about that for realism.
Now, the shop. The workshop. C has been busy building me workbenches, and I’ve put together a sort of dye station for the winter months when I can’t dye outdoors. First, we went to the lumber yard. It sits a ways from the barn where we stacked it after cutting and milling the lumber several years ago.
The wood has been planed. Progress continues..
one of four side panels
putting them together, see the spaces for the drawers?
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That is gonna be a workshop to live in (which I guess is ultimately the plan, eh?)!! Nice that you have the space there to add all that fun stuff for your fiber needs.
Can I come live in that woodshop please? I don’t take up much room.
I just bought myself a planer on the weekend. Have to wait till the stupid chest cold abates a wee bit before it’s really a good idea to play with my new toy though. Sigh.
Drooooool! I’m trying to figure how to turn my downstairs “workshop” into a dye studio, but the lack of running water and a stove are kind of putting a crimp in my plans. I do have room for about fifteen crockpots and a microwave, though! Now if I can only figure out what to do with the 20,000 rubber stamps…
Lovely. Now I want to come over for a shop party. Wish I was going to be at Rhinebeck but you know what’s on my plate. I e-mailed you but it bounced…
Wow, I can’t wait to see the workshop “grow” in your pics.
That is going to be a super deluxe indoor dying studio. Beautiful tables AND I love your lumber yard…
Oh, what great plans,looking forward to the next phase of the shop. Beautifull pictures as always!
Whomever stacked your lumber yard did a great job of placing the stickers…and if my hubby built me a work room like that– I would spend entirely too much time in it! Your sweater looks great, what a good idea to mix the mindless with the not so mindless…
It’s so cool seeing your workshop develop! Hope you have fun at Rhinebech. I keep telling everyone that. One year, I’m actually going to go.
I love the cabling on your newest sweater.
Your workshop looks like such a nice place to be. I always like the see the beginnings of a project.
The workshop – how exciting!