[Nfb-krafters-korner] Is this a craft?

[joseli Walter]

I have two words for you... pastry brush.
that and rubber gloves, if your worried about contamination while working on 
decorating a cake, but you are right about having to touch the cake at least 
on the edge to know where your working.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Is this a craft?


> This is a mistory to me.  How can a blind person decorate a cake with
> out the use of tutch?  Of course you would not want to tutch the cake.
> I have some sight, but know it is not enough to do this craft.  I think
> of a craft for the blind as something the blind can do by using their
> sence of tutch and very limited, if no sight at all.  With my craft, I
> only use my sight to identify the colors of my yarn and I am sure I will
> not be able to do that for the rest of my life.
> While I have found a minute to write in this busy time at work, I did
> not get any items craft related for Christmas.
> I only have 2 projects that never got finished.  Long ago, I could buy
> precut cubic plastic canvis letters.  I can not find them any where any
> more.  I bought the letters to spell; Merry Christmas.  I started making
> magnetic letters to put on the frunt door, saying Merry Christmas, in I
> think it was red and edged in green.
> The other project was a blanket, on circular needles, made of multi red,
> white and blue yarn.  It is knit a row and perl a row.  I did not get
> far.  That is when I got into doing the NFB, Whozit projects in plastic
> canvis.
> As far as clutter, I had my closit redone this summer.  I put alfa
> shelving in.  One side of my closet is almost just for my craft items.
> At the container store I bought these containers, they look like a clear
> picnic baskit, with handles.  They even have the gruves like a basket,
> on the sides.  I put all my Christmas yarn in one, my baby yarn in one,
> my multi in one  and the others hold the rest.  The main reason I like
> these is that they alow the yarn to stand up and you can see all your
> colors at once.
> I use a smaller size for canvis shapes and also ziplock shoe boxes for
> canvis shapes.  I keep 2 or 3 in my bedroom with colors of what I am
> currently working on.  They can fit in a bottom shelf of a bookshelf for
> easy access and they come in 2 or 3 sizes.
> Now I have to work on organizining my bookcases and files.
> Welcome to 2009!
>
> Terry Powers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauren Merryfield [mailto:lauren1 at catliness.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 12:54 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Is this a craft?
>
> Hi,
> I think any kind of decorating is a craft.
> Thanks
> Lauren
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:55 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Is this a craft?
>
>
>> Now someone had mentioned to me about cake decorating.  My comment was
>
>> gee
>> do you want to teach it?
>>
>> So you ladies be the judge on this one.  Is it a craft or do we
> consider
>> that cooking.
>>
>> My vote is that it is a craft!
>>
>> Joyce
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