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WINTER 2018

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'Round and 'Round the Cribbage Board

Marty Leenhouts’ article in Issue

82, “Cribbage Board Rosette

Carving,” was well-presented,

but the design calls for three

tracks of 60 holes each.

Since you need a score

of 121 to win the game,

this design won’t work

unless you include

the fourth track.

This allows each of

the two players to

peg around twice

to reach 120 plus

one and win. I look

forward to seeing

new issues!

Jim Stary

San Diego, Calif.

Editor’s Response: Thanks

for your letter, Jim. The

board in Issue 82 is actually

designed for three

players, each of whom

can go twice around

their own track. We

apologize for any confusion

the main photo (which showed

only two sets of pegs) may have

caused. Happy gaming!

We’d love to hear from you! Send your

thoughts and comments about our magazine

and woodcarving in general to: Letters,

Woodcarving Illustrated, 1970 Broad St., East

Petersburg, Pa. 17520, or e-mail editors@

woodcarvingillustrated.com.

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Angels

A few years back I gave a little girl a carved angel for

her Christmas tree. When I saw her after Christmas,

she said that the angel had gone—that her parents

had taken down the tree and put the ornaments away.

Within three days, I had solved the problem. Now, I

make my angels in two different ways to accommodate

people who want to keep them up all year: I carve

some in the round, so they will stand alone without a

base, and some flat, with detachable bases. Now, my

little friend has a guardian angel to keep in her room

after the tree goes away in January.

Charles “Mulie” Sheets

Dayton, Ohio

letters

to the editor

Angel ornaments with pedestals don’t

get packed away after the holidays.

Waste Not, Want Not

Inspired by what other carvers have done

with scraps of basswood, I’ve been saving

nearly every little piece. After cutting the

blank and carving the Valentine couple

(“Holding Tightly” by Russell Scott,

Woodcarving Illustrated

Spring 2018,

Issue 82), I discovered that one of the

scraps from the cutout formed a blank for

a little guy with a potbelly. I carved a hat,

and then some arms and legs, saving the

face for last. At that point my wife said, “It

looks like a frog.”

Hey, why not?

I thought.

Thus was born my “Frogman,” who has

invited some chuckles. I’m looking more

closely at my other scraps now.

Thomas L. Jones

Pickford, Mich.