A Goode Thing ~

…it is a blessing to have a husband who cares as much about my work
as I do about him and his ~

Peter is always thinking, figuring…
always consumed with how things work and how to make things work better.

He watches me when I work:
rug hooking, punching or stitching
and he sees things that I don't…

He saw that I was always struggling to find a surface
for my Bliss model A tabletop wool cutter ~
it needed to be on a flat surface for those little suction-cup rubber feet to 'stick'.
but the only surface that would work was in my kitchen on the countertop
and I don't enjoy cutting wool in my kitchen…

I had been holding the cutter on my lap ~
wrestling with it while I tried to hold the wool with one hand, turn the crank with the other hand
and hold the whole thing down with the other hand…
wait.
that's too many hands….
{but that's how it feels sometimes!}

So he took my cutter down to his workshop.

then he came back with this:

Wool Cutter Board

my ingenious Yankee husband

mounted my Bliss model A cutter to a beautiful board 

...that he made for me from our own Poplar trees ~

beautifully smooth Poplar ~ I love the grain.

Peter also embedded a wooden ruler into the surface for me

to measure out 1-inch increments to snip and tear

then cut with my cutter…

I use a #8 cutter head on my machine, 

so by using the ruler to snip the wool at one inch increments,

this allows me to rip the 1 inch pieces of wool, 

then simply use the cutter to cut them into 4 perfect 1/4" strips to hook with!!

...what a MAN!

cutting the wool edge into 1 inch pieces to tear...

you can see the woodgrain in the photo below ~

the ruler is made from pine,

{not by us}

He made the board 12" wide to accommodate a full ruler,

and it's 11" long by 1 inch thick…

even though it is thick, the Poplar wood is a lightweight wood

so it's not heavy in my lap!

another view...

and another ~
can you tell I'm excited??

beautifully finished by my Master Woodworker hubby ~

and here I am putting it to work:

love how easy it is now for me to cut my wool on my lap
or ANY surface now for that matter :)

there is an access opening underneath the cutter 

...so I can still adjust the tension of the machine 

if needed ~

easy peasy ~
and yes, those are hardworking hands you see there ;)

If you have a Bliss model A cutter,

and are interested in Peter making you a cutter board for yours,

email us at 

Not4got@aol.com

THANK YOU Sweetheart!

Here is a rug I'm working on in my 'spare' time…

it's a big one

it's a scrap basket rug, no color planning really ~ 

just pulling worms.

horse & florals

adding some wool appliqué here and there too ~

busy busy

I cannot believe that the From our Hands Show 
is only ELEVEN days away!!!!!!!

Hoping you are enjoying a wonderful Tuesday so far ~

* Blessed be * 

Lori