The following are recommendations that I would use for this project.

Feel free to try This pattern was featured in the

different mixes of colors, wood and grains. I used 1 1/4“ thick wood to for the first
Spring 2001 issue of Scroll Saw
row of snow make this a free standing piece. The rest of the parts were cut from 3/4”
thick wood. Woodworking and Crafts magazine.
On this project I used aspen for the “W” areas, and western red cedar for all the The issue is sold out, we have many
different shades. Western red cedar has a wide variation of colors. requests from people that see the
You will need 1/8”, 1/4” and 3/8” dowels for the eyes, nose and buttons. snowman in our showroom.
I used walnut dowels.
LT
LEGEND
Grain Direction 23
D.............Dark Shade of Wood
M............Medium Shade of Wood 22
ML..........Medium Light Shade of Wood m
LT........... Light Shade of Wood
W........... White Shade of Wood
LT
D 16 21

LT 1/8"
m 15
14 1/4"
LT 17
ML
13 W 20
D 3/8"
m 12
9 m
D 19
m 11
D8 10 m

18

I used a wood-burner to
add the detail to the
buttons and to the ends m m
of the scarf.
I used a Wonder Wheel
7 6 1/4"
to add texture to the w 5
branches. Use the
dashed lines as a guide.

w 4

I sanded the 3/8” dowel for

the nose to a point to make
it look like a cone shape.

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