[Nfb-krafters-korner] Lap Looms

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

Susan;
Can you e-mail me, directly, your phone number, please.
Terry.powers at nih.gov
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Roe [mailto:dogwoodfarm at verizon.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:31 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Lap Looms

Sure Terry P.  Call me this weekend either Saturday or Sunday morning or after 6:30 either evening.

Susan R.
(804) 781-0327
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net R
----- 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: Thursday, July 29, 2010 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Lap Looms


> Susan;
> Can you walk me through the loom before class, maybe this week end.  I 
> finally got the looms.  I am going to listen to cindy's recording again. 
> I have an idea of what is being done, but I just do not know how to get 
> started.  Sounds neet!
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Roe [mailto:dogwoodfarm at verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 2:43 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Lap Looms
>
> Hello Eleni,
>
> My name is Susan R. and I work the circular, and rectangular lap looms. 
> The rectangular lap looms were also called knitting rakes back in colonial 
> times.  I also have a set of three looms that my uncle made for my mother 
> in which you weave placemats, hot pads and coasters with yarn.  Using the 
> lap looms is extremely easy and much faster than knitting or crocheting. 
> I also can help you with your loom instruction before class time if you'd 
> like.
>
> Susan R.
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eleni Vamvakari" <magkisa83 at gmail.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:25 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Need Help with a Knitting/Crocheting Device
>
>
>>  Okay, I figured I'd better get back to crafts here. *smile*
>> Seriously, though, my friend lent me a strange device for knitting or
>> something that I can't figure out.  I've worked on a lap loomb and on
>> a larger loomb that goes on a desk (not a floor one) but have never
>> knitted or sewn anything.  In any case, this thing is small, round and
>> has pegs on it.  You're supposed to get the yarn through the pegs and
>> go all around to make various items.  But I don't know how to get it
>> started, even though she showed me and I can't figure out what I'm
>> supposed to do even once she started it.  It also came with a hooked
>> needle that you're supposed to use.  Can anyone please explain this in
>> a way that I can understand?  It looks interesting and I'd like to try
>> it before I need to give it back.  I tried crocheting once, and though
>> I'm usually a quick learner, it took a few days for me to learn how to
>> make a chain and that's about as far as I went.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eleni
>>
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