Saturday, August 6: Wood craft today; I have a friend with pretty severe Alzheimers, and his wife was asking for suggestions for things to keep him engaged and occupied. So I made him a peg board from scrap lying around, and a dowel from the collection. I didn’t put a finish on it, as speed was important, just cut, drilled, sanded to eliminate splinters. Anyone else with ideas, feel free to chime in! I also took over a bunch of fat yarn; he can wind yarn around the dowels, if he wants. Or just tie it in knots…
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Is this like a warping board? I’ve been thinking about making one for winding large hanks of yarn for self-striping dyeing.
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No; I’ve made one of those, too, back when I was weaving as my primary fiber craft. I think that one winds about 12 yards at a time. This is just 3/8″ pegs, which he can move around, wrap yarn around, put spools over – anything that appeals.
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Funny, at first look I also thought warping board then a spool holder.
I heard that the comfort quilt with varied textures is also very helpful.
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It would work as a spool holder, for spools with larger holes! But that’s not its intention.
A comfort quilt is a good idea, once the weather cools off; I’ll have to consider that.
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They also call them activity quilt or fiddle quilts.
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