[Nfb-krafters-korner] new member

[Eva Adams]

Oh that cool.  My mom tught my sisters and I how to make Christmas 
decorations out of canvis and yarn.  They looked like tear drops, and she 
would glue a Christmas character in the middle.  I know she has made the 
cleanex boxes before, but I never have.

Eva
----- 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: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member


> Welcome Eva!
>
> My name is Terry Powers.  My main craft is plastic canvis.  It is used
> for cleanex boxes, eye glass cases, book marks, coasters and much more.
> I also knit a little and have taken a hand at beading.  I have a busy
> day, but send me questions and I will get back with you next week.  It
> is a form of needle point, done on a plastic grid that can be felt
> easily with your finger or the tip of a needle.  The only thing I use my
> sight for is to identify yarn, but some day, I will have to turn to
> braille labeling my yarn.
> Welcome, to you, another lady I read about yesterday and the wood
> carving gentalman.
>
> Sur, do you happen to make models of animals?  I am a horse lover.  Have
> you ever tried a horse or just the head or a bird.  I have a few wooden
> birds and the legs are some kind of wire.  They are beautiful.  It would
> be great to have a model of a horse, hand carved by a blind person.
> Just do not have time to check your site.  I am still backed up on
> e-mails from the fifth of January.  I was watching the phones for
> another office for about a week or more and this took away my access to
> my computer.
>
> Here is my e-mail, if any of you want to write me directly.  There is a
> lot about the plastic canvis on arcives.
>
> Terry Powers
> powerst at mail.nih.gov
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eva Adams [mailto:eadams15 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:21 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
>
> I don't really know how to do that many crafts.  I am very interested in
> learning though.  My family does a lot of scrap booking, and making
> quilts.
> The only quilt I can make is a fleece blanket with a yarn boarder, or a
> tie blanket.  I want to learn how to make different crafts so that I can
> make things for my daughter and her kids.  She is only 17 months, but I
> figured if I start learning now that by the time she has kids I should
> be good at them.
>
> Eva
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
>
>
>> Welcome Eva:
>>
>> I am glad you joined our fun list. We've held a few classes on crafts
> like
>> beadwork, basic knitting, soap making and oragami and will have many
> more
>> in the future. We also have a crafter's chat held every Monday evening
> via
>> conference call. I would love to learn crochet too. In only got as far
> as
>> the basic chain stich for the first row but that was it. Please share
> with
>> us the kind of crafts you do?  ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 2:59 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> My name is Eva, and I am from Kansas.  I joined this list, because I
> am
>>> interested in learning how to crochet.  My grandma taught me how to
> do a
>>> chain crochet, but we didn't get time to learn more.
>>>
>>> Eva
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