[BlindTlk] Learning Handicraft Skills

[Julie Johnson]

I've done both brewing beer and wine making.  The skills needed are not much 
different than cooking and cleaning.  Learning too cook is a solid start to 
a lot of other crafts.  You'll need to know how to measure, pour, monitor 
the food/soap/wine, move things to and from hot surfaces and so on.   I'd 
double down on the cooking and then branch out to other stuff, or cooking 
can be a hobby on it's own!

You can garden in containers.  I'd suggest culinary herbs.  Some vegetables 
can be successful in pots, but they will need pretty big containers. If you 
have limited space herbs will work the best.

I have done some woodworking and I don't think it's dangerous.  If you are 
paying attention to what your doing, don't put your hands where they 
shouldn't be, shut off the machine when you're done and generally use some 
common sense, it's not all that big of a deal.  Sure the potential is there, 
but the potential to get hurt is also available with using the garbage 
disposal, crossing a street or riding in a car.

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Kelby Carlson via BlindTlk
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 9:39 AM
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Cc: Kelby Carlson
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Learning Handicraft Skills

To answer your questions:
1. Currently I don't live in a place that allows me to have to have an
outdoor work area.
2. I am more interested in constructing useful things rather than making 
art.
3. I am also learning (very slowly) to cook and we are hoping to brew
at some point--that's the closest thing to "art" I would be doing. I'd
like to garden, but that isn't a live option yet.
Thankfully (unfortunately?) I have sighted people to help me out, but
it can be a challenge to figure out adapting their methods for me.




On 3/11/19, Julie Johnson via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I do a lot of these sorts of things including sewing, gardening, soap
> making, crochet, candle making, and some others.  I never took a class or
> had anyone to teach me, excepting crochet, which my grandmother taught me.
> I read books, listened to youtube videos and did a lot of trial and error.
>
> There are so many things that could be considered in this category.  Do 
> you
>
> have a specific interest or some sort of criteria to narrow down the
> options?  Do you have a shop area?  Or will this need to be indoors?  Can
> your tools be left out in a designated area or will you need to pack up
> everything in between use?   Are you more interested in creating art, or 
> do
>
> you want to create things to use everyday?
>
> If you can narrow down your interest a bit, I'd be happy to help you 
> figure
>
> out how to make it happen.
>
> Julie
> On The Go with Guide-and-Service-Dogs.com
> http://www.guide-and-service-dogs.com
> also find my products in the Blind Mice Mega Mall
> <https://www.blindmicemegamall.com/bmm/shop/Directory_Departments?storeid=1916046>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelby Carlson via BlindTlk
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 9:04 AM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Kelby Carlson
> Subject: [BlindTlk] Learning Handicraft Skills
>
> All,
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions on what skills are the most feasible
> to learn while blind that involve handicrafts? I'm thinking of working
> with wood, metal etc, building, things like that. I know that the NFB
> training centers teach some of this, but my family situation does not
> make it feasible for me to go there. Are there any ways to learn these
> on your own or work with a sighted person who can figure out ways to
> teach the skills?
>
> --
> Kelby Carlson
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