[Nfb-krafters-korner] WelcomeBeth

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I like anything I can finish within a year -- or 2 -- or 3...*smile*
Some of my projects are that old. The only old one i really want to finish 
is an afghan for my brother. I have 2 brothers and the other one got an 
afghan. My younger brother I know wants his, but I'm only half done. Someone 
please motivate me. I am afraid the yarn has been either packed away 
somewhere or lost in a move.

But I love starting new projects, and the short-term ones, like soap making 
or plastic canvas or macrame, get done.
But I have had a lot of trouble with beading -- with the little seed beads 
that is.  My hands are just a little gnarled up from pushing my wheelchair 
for the past few decades.  It's awful -- I took out my flute one day a few 
months ago, which I used to be able to play, but I couldn't even get my 
fingers in the starting position. Piano is the same.  So when I go to grab 
onto those seed beads, between my fingers and my lack of vision, I 
invariably end up with beads all over the floor. *aaaaaagh*

I like any new project that comes up.
So keep brainstorming.
Hugs.
--le

----- 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, June 10, 2010 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] WelcomeBeth


No affence anyone, but I like crafts that are not messy and can go where 
ever I go.  I take my crafts to work, every day.  Just to day, I took on the 
chalange, to see if I could knit on the shuddle bus to main campus.  When my 
husband was with me, a lot of the time, I would work on my plastic canvis in 
the car.  I think Laurie has said she takes her beading with her.  I can not 
imagine doing that yet.  To many pieces to keep track of.
Looking forward to convention and being to show off my work.
A friend at work, helped me start a portfolio of pictures of my work.  I had 
already started a tactual one.

Since I will not be here on Friday, I want to start a new question.
This subject came up The Monday before you started on the last dish cloth.

How do you come up with new ideas or designs?

What started this is, I was telling everyone about a new shower kertin I had 
gotten.  It is a sea design and each picture is in a frame.  Each frame is 
not stacked, but like in a zig, zag design.  If you look at one picture and 
move strait up you are seeing the edges of 2 and a gap where they connect.

I had done a design with just squares, then I added, what I call, criss 
cross lines, like the lines of graph paper.  So why not make the squares 
like on the kertin.  I would call them zig, zag squares with seperating 
lines.  I am also going to do it with out the lines.  Different sized 
squares need to be used to make this balance out.

I am also working on making a ripple design.  I thought of that a long time 
ago, but never took on the chalange.
I got half of one side of an eye glass case done, so far.
Sure is pretty, in royal and periwinkle.

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Beth Moline [mailto:bethbumblebee at charter.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:09 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] WelcomeBeth

Hi Lynda, it sounds like you do well with the pottery. I've never used a 
potter's wheel if that's what it's called. I sure would like to try though.

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