<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I have a terrible habit of making \u201cproject bags\u201d with everything I need for a project in it and then I start working on a different project with its own bag. I think I currently have cloth, tools, yarn, etc in about five different bags. Some of the projects need tools that are in a different project bag. I need to learn to finish one thing before I start another project.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We had a couple of tornadoes hit us here in Rochester, MN on Friday. Spent hours in the basement but was just north of where they hit. This is very early in the year for us. </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 19, 2026, at 1:02\u202fPM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Good on you, Sonya! You must be so organized now. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">My stash was sort of organized, though nowhere near as well as yours. And now it\u2019s started to run wild again, mainly because I put bags of yarn for projects I want to make soon on top of bins instead of neatly inside them. Organization is a never-ending process, I guess.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Kanak shawl wasn\u2019t really complicated, though it did end up with a whole lot of stitches, and I\u2019m glad someone reminded me to use lifelines. Saved me a lot of misery.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sonya Coulombe via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 19, 2026 12:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Sonya Coulombe <sonya.coulombe@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Wow, great job everyone. And your shawl sound beautifully complex. I want to make my first shawl soon, for a friend. But will likely start with a easier pattern. Hehe<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Me, the last few weeks I have been working on organising my knitting stuff. The Tap Form Pro database I mentionned but also organising my stash and left over yarn and also my knitting bag. Oh and I made a leather coin purse and billfold wallet, from beginners Tandy Leather kits and classes from another list.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sonya<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> on behalf of henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 19, 2026 12:08:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:hosbornejr@gmail.com">hosbornejr@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:hosbornejr@gmail.com">hosbornejr@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">That\u2019s great Jolene! Hey, you didn\u2019t make anything for your dog yet?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jolene Nemeth via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 19, 2026 5:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Jolene Nemeth <<a href="mailto:radar500@gmail.com">radar500@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="xmsonormal">in each of the last 2 weeks i have made a pair of winter loom knit socks. now starting a cowel<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="xmsonormal">On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 4:52<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am working on my Dallas Cowboys scarf, and, planning to make some loom knitted hats for the local homeless shelter.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor"><p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 18, 2026 1:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net" target="_blank">carcione@access.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019ve let Successful Saturday slide for a while, but here it is again! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Have you started or finished a project, learned a new crafting skill, or achieved a goal since last time we had Successful Saturday? Share it with us and we\u2019ll celebrate with you.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I will probably finish the Kanak shawl today! It\u2019s coming out real nice. I\u2019m excited to see what it\u2019s like once it\u2019s been blocked, but it\u2019s already lovely.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">And I learned to purl front and back making the border, which I never did before.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="xmsonormal">_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/radar500%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/radar500%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list</span><br><span>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/cmbg%40rocketmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>