Bathroom Cabinet
Storage is always important no matter what room you are in. Bathrooms often seem especially cluttered under the sink. With 4 kids and only 1 full bathroom, a new cabinet was necessary. This was a simple build. I based the width on the 12″ mdf unfinished shelving that I was planning to use for the…
DIY Sock Blockers
These DIY sock blockers are so handy and easy to make. I used the pattern by Janet Ballweber found at http://www.cyberseams.com and used vinyl cutting boards that I picked up at Winner’s. I used a sharpie to mark it and a mix of a rotary cutter and scissors to cut the forms out. I used…
Knitting Project Bag
This is a sewn project, but it’s for my knitting, so it deserves to be included here. I really wanted to sew a pretty project bag for my small projects. I used a free pattern at Spruce Crafts (https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/needlecrafts-project-bag-4174921#:~:text=Instructions%201%20Prepare%20the%20Fabric%20Pieces.%20Cut%20the,8%20Put%20Your%20Project%20Bag%20to%20Use.%20) to create the bag, but I chose buttons for closure instead of snaps. I only had…
Coffee Table
My coffee table is one of my favourite builds. I based it on the Ana White coffee table with storage (https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/coffee-table-inset-top-storage). I omitted the bottom shelf because I chose to use 1x8s for my storage box depth instead of the 1x6s, so there was too little space to make it worth a bottom shelf in…
Tributary Urn – yes, an urn
I had the honour of building an urn for my Dad late last year. Last year was a really hard one. Dad was the greatest man whom I ever knew and life is so different without him. I wasn’t about to just buy an urn for such a great man. I had to make it.…
Printer Stand/Yarn Cubby
I had extra wood left over from some previous projects of mine and my late Dad’s, and I had the need for a printer stand. Looks like we have ourselves a quick project. I used two old pieces of 3/4″ plywood from Dad’s stock of wood and mdf for the shelves. Of course I used…
Shrug
I was looking for a really warm sweater pattern that I could knit for our very chilly Ontario winters. I liked the simplicity of the Lion Brand Fishermen’s Wool Speckled Shrug, which is a free pattern available to download. I am using Bernat Softee Chunky in a denim blue tweed and Knit Picks 40″ 9mm…
Toe-up Socks
This is my first attempt at both the magic loop and toe-up techniques. I have to say that I really like magic loop. I love knitting two socks at once, which is of course impossible on double-pointeds. By knitting the pair of socks at once, you know that both socks are exactly the same size.…
My Favourite Tools
To keep from adding a link for specific tools each post, I am going to list my favourite power tools here. I am a big fan of Ryobi One+. I have been working on my collection for over a year now and it is looking pretty good. I love the 1/2″ drill and impact driver…
Storage Foyer Bench
This project went together very nicely and gave my tiny foyer a much needed improvement through increased storage. I have four children and that means that I have way too many hats and mitts. This bench was one of three things that I built to improve the function of my foyer. I designed the bench…
Knit This Build That 