Finished socks, some metalworking, and more delicious pizza

Happy March everyone!

Knitting

Stacey finally finished her second sock out of the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock Lightweight in the Twinkle Twinkle Little Vampire colorway.  The first sock was cast-on on December 21, 2017, and they were completed on February 22, 2018.  The cuffs were 2x2 rib, the heel used Cat Bordhi's Sweet Tomato Heel, the foot was knit around, and Reena Meijer Drees Asymmetric Wedge Toe was used for both socks.

And that was it for knitting, and well, all of Stacey's crafting.  The rest of Stacey's week was spent reading.  She really is bad at starting new projects.  Maybe next week...

Woodworking/Metalworking

Does that say metalworking? What kind of blog is this? I came here for woodworking. If that's what your thinking just wait, please. I can pull you back in I promise. 

Lee started working on Kiridashi, this is a Japanese style utility knife. Lee has been interested in these knives for quite some time and figured it was about time to make one. What does this have to do with woodworking, well the one sided blade on the Kiridashi lends itself to being used as a marking knife. Here (Miller Knives - Kiridashi) is a good youtube video that shows the process of making this knife and where Lee got his inspiration. 

Lee was able to take a piece of metal from some scraps in his fathers garage to make the knife from. Here is the pattern drawn out on the knife.

Lee used an angle grinder with a cutoff disc to get the general shape and then moved onto a belt/disc sander to establish the bevel (that's the business end) of the knife.

Onto the woodworking! Stacey and Lee have been enjoying fresh homemade pizza lately and thus decided it was time to make a pizza peel. 

Lee ripped down an oak and padauk board he had laying around from other projects. You can start to see the layout of the pizza peel here. Next week it should be finished and hopefully put to use. Mmmmm pizza.

Lee also cut down some oak scraps to make a couple air hose covers for his fathers garage. One of the things his father built into the garage before putting drywall up was air hoses for his compressor. There are two outlets above the workbench that needed covers. The covers still need their center holes drilled out and to have some screw holes countersunk.