[Nfb-krafters-korner] This Small World

[Sahar Husseini]

But I already thought we were packed like sardines.  *smile*  Please say hello to everyone.  Alaska was a difficult place to live for me.  I don't think you can be neutral about Alaska; you either love it, or you hate it.  I can't imagine being in the middle.  *smile*  Please especially say hello to Lowell, Arlee, and Karen.  I don't know if I know anyone else who works there anymore.  Well, Al Waldron might still work there.  I wonder how he's doing.  Did you, or do you make it to NFB conventions?  We have had crafters' tables there for the last two years.  It would be interesting to see what crafts you work with.  How I ended up being a bead artist after seriously failing handicrafts in school is beyond me.  Methinks God has a great sense of humor.  

Warm regards,
Sahar Husseini
For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
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And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
Michael Jordan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Terrence van Ettinger 
  To: List for blind crafters and artists 
  Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 7:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] (no subject)


  I think if this world gets any smaller we're all going to be smushed like sardines!  '-)  That's exactly what I do; I took over the computer and Braille position there a little over 3 years ago.  I'd heard you mentioned a couple of times from Karen etc.
  Interestingly, there are some who do beading on kumihimo, though I haven't tried doing it that way myself.  Both kumihimo and lucet are cord-making techniques.  Inkle-weaving is a weaving technique that creates a fairly narrow band of fabric, with the warp being the visible part of the material and the weft mostly out of sight, except at the edges.  The warp is wrapped around the pegs of the loom, with alternating strands being held down by threads called heddles, so that you weave the weft into the "sheds" left when the non-heddled threads are alternately raised and then lowered.

  Terrence

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  On Jul 24, 2010, at 9:46 AM, "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com> wrote:

  > Hi Terrence,
  > 
  > Welcome to the group.  Talk, to me about all of those crafts.  I am an ignoramus, pretty much, about any other craft, except for beading.  Do you, per chance, work at the Alaska Center for the Blind?  I used to be the computer teacher there, until I left in 2001.
  > 
  > Warm regards,
  > Sahar Husseini
  > For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
  > www.saharscreations.com
  > And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
  > If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
  > Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
  > Michael Jordan
  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
  >  From: Terrence van Ettinger 
  >  To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org 
  >  Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:50 AM
  >  Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] (no subject)
  > 
  > 
  >  Hello, all,
  >  Just thought I'd go ahead and give you all a bit of an intro, having just come on board last night.  I do a couple different crafts, mostly things I've taken up in the SCA over the past 3 years, some of which I practice fairly regularly, others I sort of dabble in.  My 2 most frequent craft types are kumihimo braiding and lucet, though I am trying to pick up inkle weaving more consistently.  I also have a coiled basket that I've been working on sporadically for some time now, and occasionally do a bit of leather work.  I think I've leaned toward the cord-making methods so much because of their portability.  For a while, I was a woodturner, before I moved to take my current job, but that didn't work out for a number of reasons.  I have also dabbled a bit in Origami, but it's been a while.  It's something I mean to pick up again at some point though and learn a few more designs.  I'm looking forward to hearing from everyone and perhaps picking up some new ideas.  And if anyo
   ne
  >    has questions about anything I've mentioned, I'll be more than happy to explain/answer anything.
  > 
  >  Terrence
  > 
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