Vacation at the Boatshop

I started my vacation today at the Carpenters Boat Shop in Pemaquid Maine. I'm taking the beginners woodworking course for women and it is going to be so much fun. Today was the first day and we started off learning and trying out all of the power tools at the shop. They included, the drill press, joiner, band-saw, planer, chop-saw and rip saw. After lunch we selected our projects and started to work using the planer, joiner, chop saw and rip saw. I got enough pieces cut to size that I could glue up a couple of my boards in preparation for tomorrow.

I selected to build a shaker, three step stool with handle. It's similar to ones from the Hancock Shaker workshop. It's so much fun working with all of the power tool and the instructors are very patient with all of us beginning wood workers. I can't wait until tomorrow to see what the next step is.

I'm staying with my daughter so it's very relaxing at the end of the day. I got out my knitting and started another member of the Bunny Bridal Party, the photographer. He'll have dark gray fur and a chocolate colored suit. He even has a knitted camera. My daughter brought out her spinning wheel and was plying together the yarn that she had spun earlier. It's a beautiful gray color from one of the fleeces we helped clean earlier this spring. Her spinning skills have improved dramatically as she showed me three different yarns she has spun. Watching her makes you appreciate how much work goes into a skein of yarn.