Cutting Class?

This December Measure Twice is partnering with Waste Not Products woodshop to host our first class.  For $120 you can walk home with not one, but two cutting boards made entirely from clean scrap wood.  Rather than a regimented schedule students are welcome to attend as many sessions as they need to complete their projects. Customized design, burned-in inscriptions, and satisfaction will be made available to you.  Friends, couples and families are encouraged to come cheek by jowl as discounts are available.  Tell your friends, and come feel the noise!

Scratching the Surface

 

These posters were hung around town in acknowledgment of the material support from local businesses. What the poster doesn't even attempt to do is thank the hours of work that went into each joint.  More to come.

 

Video complements of Noah Nielsen.

Show & Tell

We likely had 60 volunteers play a roll in the New Farms for New American's raising last Sunday.  The group was a telling cross-section of Burlington's community working together.  It's been said that a good raising is equal parts manual labor,  team-building, and pot-luck.  Ours seemed to hit all the criteria.  

Most of the folks who came out had never helped in a frame raising before, but Measure Twice was lucky enough to bring in some ringers.  The advice and assistance of those individuals was invaluable to the process.  George's chain fall was also hugely helpful.

August First Cafe & Bakery, City Market, and American Flatbread did most of the heavy-lifting in the pot-luck category.  August First dropped off a carafe of hot coffee and probably sixty scones (both lemon-ginger and cranberry-pecan).  City Market donated to jugs of cider, making it the event three times more "Vermonty" than previously thought possible. And American Flatbread threw down with a dozen hot flatbreads which would have been the be-all end-all in culinary delights.

Unfortunately for all the businesses and individuals who brought food, the New Farms for New Americans turned out heaps of freakin' incredible Bhutanese cuisine that stole the show.

Most of those close to Measure Twice weren't able to snap any photos of the event and we're relying on submissions from participants to flesh out our documentation. If you have photos of the event you believe are worth sharing - even if you don't think they're worth sharing - please send them on to MeasureTwiceSchool@gmail.com.