[Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...

[Eileen Scrivani]

Laura

You should then read the book to.  You would totally relate to one of her 
stories about a very large green afghan she made for a brother's wedding.

Eileen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...


> Sounds like a catchy title...*snicker*
> I wonder what she'd say about the half finished 4 foot plush giraffe that 
> I
> designed and cut and sewed and stuffed for a class in high school.  I
> discovered I hadn't left enough ease for the armpits and to make the thing
> lay right, I had to put gussets under the legs.  At that point, I counted
> the head and neck (which were finished) for credit in my project and that
> pathetic old giraffe is still with me.
> I couldn't bear throwing it away -- it's head turned out so cute.  I had a
> lot more vision then and drew the pattern based on pictures from the
> encyclopedia, with a little artistic flair to make it kind of Bambi-like.
> Anyone want a giraffe? I'm embarrassed for having kept it. It is stuffed
> with cut up nylon socks.
> Maybe I'll forget the body part and gussets and make a puppet from the 
> neck
> and head. Then it would get some use.
> Happy krafting.
> --le
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...
>
>
> Well then, if you want a book recommendation, I just finished reading the
> first volume of the Yarn Harlot's Secret Life of a Knitter and I couldn't
> stop laughing.  Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee  totally cracks me up.  I highly
> recommend this book for anyone who is passionate about their hobbies and
> perhaps has accumulated supplies to an extreme level!! <LOL>  Or if you've
> ever started a project and got in way over your head ... I thought the 
> book
> was absolutely hysterical.
>
> Eileen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...
>
>
>>I find it very helpful.  I am very new with the stream and I save book
>>suggestion e-mails.
>> I am working on moving zipped books to desk top.  With some help from a
>> volenteer from my library, I moved my first zipped book to my desk top.
>> Hopefully I can learn to put them in a folder.
>> I am half way there at grasping this task.
>> I went for a demo of the new digital player, this week end.
>> Sorry if I am off topic, but I am glad to be on the road to having access
>> to any book I want out in the accessable books world.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blindhands at aol.com [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com]
>> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:52 PM
>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...
>>
>> Eileen,
>>
>> Please do continue letting everyone know about the books you come 
>> across.
>>
>> Joyce
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