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Yarn Dancing

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When You Need a Bigger Rack

June 17, 2018 by yarndancing Leave a Comment

Necessity is the mother of crazy projects. I couldn’t find a sweater drying rack big enough for my needs so I thought, “I’ll just build my own. How hard can that be?” Designing and making the frame was easy (I had my local hardware store cut the PVC pipe to my specs and just pressure fitted them together). The hard part was making the mesh surface. Hence two months passed between stretching the mesh and actually sewing on the fabric tubes. But now it is done and I am so glad I made it. With 3′ x 5′ of awesome drying real estate I expect this rack will get plenty of use.

Behemoth drying rank finally finished! And look how much it can hold!
Bits and pieces. Some assembly required.
Laying out the framework.
Pressure fitted.
Crossbar to add stability.
Inspection.
Things are about to get meshy.
Stretching mesh in place. My large collection of giant binder clips came in handy.
Nice and snug.
Further inspection.
Black sharpie lines so I remember where I need to sew the tubing.
Elastic to bridge the gaps.
Just to prove I can sew. What you can’t see is how much I hate sewing. But I will do it if that’s what it takes to get the job done.
Final fitting.
3′ x 5′ of awesome drying real estate!
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