Oak, Mahogany, Cedar
Rounded edges
Water based dye
Two coats of Tung Oil
Beeswax finish (from Marsha's bees!)
Holds 3 pairs of mittens or gloves
I'm selling the cedar for $20 and the oak and mahogany for $25
You can contact me to discuss shipping (cloudharvest@gmail.com)
Made in Scott Giroux's fully solar powered shop!
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| Left is Ceder, middle is Oak and right is Mahogany. |
The Story of the Mitten Racks
My mom convinced me to make the mitten racks despite my protests that carpentry wasn't my 'thing'. She had noticed that a large percentage of the people who passed through our house were interested in our mitten racks, wishing that they had a couple for the mounds of soggy gloves, hats and mittens that would end up spread across the floor or on top of chairs in an attempt to dry them with the heat of their wood stove.
The mitten racks are made from a rectangular board with wire bent into a mitten-like shape coming out of one side. You can set them on the floor, hang or nail them to a wall or post near your heat source. The wire spreads open the material of the mitten or glove and lets the air in to dry it a lot faster.
I made the mitten racks in Scott Giroux's workshop over a couple of weeks. He has an impressive setup with tons of professional machines for all different parts of carpentry and woodworking -- I used seven different machines during the fifteen part process of making the mitten racks.
Not only is his setup impressive and efficient to work in but it is entirely off the grid! In fact, his whole house is off the grid!! He has solar panels, solar hot water, gravity fed water, a tiny house that is well insulated, a wood stove for heat, and gardens and animals for some of his food.
The mitten racks turned out many times better then I could ever have hoped. The racks are a mixture of cedar, mahogany and oak. They have a beautiful, water-based stain and a low-gloss oil. They even have a beeswax finish! (Fresh from Marsha's hives!) I am really proud of how professional they look and I could not have done it with out Scott's help. He taught me so much and made the daunting, unfamiliar project, fun.
Hope people find them as useful as our family has for so many years.
Clayton
