This weekend I knitted the first half of a dodecahedron (stay tuned - I'll post the pattern Friday for Pi Day) and fixed an old footstool that I got from my mom with Shaker tape to match my rocking chair.
I love Shaker stuff 'cause it's really simple and really strong - you just weave the tape around on both sides like a lawn chair and wind up with something strong enough to stand on. The only tools you need are a hammer, a couple of carpet tacks, and sometimes (if your weave is pretty tight) the back end of a spoon.
The rocking chair was my mom's when I was a baby, and it used to have a wicker back that got destroyed when I was living with Silas - it was the perfect size for his little fingers to pull on. The stool came from my Grandpa's house, and probably from my great-Grandpa's before that. It had leather lacing on it that had fallen apart with age. Now they're both souped up to last another bunch of decades.
More shaker-y goodness here.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Shaker Tape
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Well done Daniel, so you are useful as well as intelligent. I have one of those modern day wooden rockers and I am told it squeaks badly, but I can't get to the bearingx to do anything about it. Love your rocker and stool though...remember me in your will.
:-))))))
Faye
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