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I went home today and with the help of my dad, I built a yarn meter based on Adrian’s plans.
I thought the pipe hanger is kind of ugly so I wanted to fix the meter to the top with something a little prettier.

So in between the rain and watching the Yankees and World Cup soccer, I hunted around for some wood. I couldn’t find anything but long pieces. So lo and behold my dad hands me a 18″ piece mahogony. Sweet! I went out and cut it and sanded the corners. Then we realized even with feet it should be higher up. So I cut another piece to raise the meter up.

Out came the drills and we attached the feet and even countersunk the screws. Then we screwed on the platform. I had picked up some big O screws on the way to my parents. I wanted big ones because some of the homespun I have is rather thick. So we drilled holes for those, and I screwed them in.
Then came the hard part – how to mount the meter. I suggested popping out some of the rivits on the corners and putting screw through there. So my dad got out the drill and drilled those out. Then we glued the meter on while we searched for some screws that would be long enough and skinny enough. We finally found some, and then my mom found some livestrong bracelets and then I had a yarn meter! I need to do a little more sanding but I tried it out when I got back and it works great.

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When I got back I also decided to make what I’m calling a yarn tower. See my ball winder really likes it when the yarn comes from above it. So sometimes that means giving my fingers yarn burn. So I had cut up a dowel today for my pompom tree (in progress) and I had 2 O screws left. I screwed them on a plaque/pedastal thing I bought at AC Moore for 50 cents. I think this will be quite handy.

Now if I had a permanent craft area, I would have Rube Goldeberg-esque yarn measuring, winding, skeining setup. But for now this will do.