[Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?

[Susan Roe]

She doesn't have a site and she's not on the list as of yet.  Her on-line 
time is taken up with on-line college classes.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- 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, May 20, 2010 5:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?


> Sounds like she does beautiful work.  Does she have a site?  Is she on the 
> list?  We sure could use her and maybe she could sell some items.
> My interests are birds, horses, teddy bears dogs and a nice mail holder.
>
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Roe [mailto:dogwoodfarm at verizon.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:52 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?
>
> Terry,
>
> Her money maker is hand carved walking staffs and canes.  She gets the 
> wood from off the farm.  She has also carved the following:
>
> placks
> cutting boards
> hidden figureen boxes
> 3 domintional figures
> boxes
> carved wooden eggs
> Christmas ornaments
> the list goes on
>
> My favorite piece is a Christmas ornament she called "Hang on Kitty".  It 
> was a little orange striped kitten waring a Santa hat holding onto a 
> ribbon that had been draped over a tree branch.  It looked just like he 
> had jumped up to grab the ribbon and now was hanging up off the ground. 
> It is so cute.
>
> She has won several first, second and best of show and best of division 
> ribbons at our state fair.  She use to do a lot of painting, but when her 
> vision changed, she just shifted to carving and she has been doing it ever 
> since.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- 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: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?
>
>
>> Susan;
>> What does your sister make from wood?  I had a beautiful letter holder
>> from deep creak lake.  It fell and when I picked it up, the back cracked
>> and came off.  I also have a small collection of carved birds and a few
>> horses.  Let us know what she can do.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Susan Roe [mailto:dogwoodfarm at verizon.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:33 AM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?
>>
>> Hi Joyce,
>>
>> Yeah, you had mentioned that to me a while back.  It sounds real fun.  My
>> sister is a wood carver and whatever she sells, she gives 5% to
>> Dogwoodfarm as her controbution to running the farm.  There are going to
>> be several off shoots we will be able to explore as a by product of the
>> honey bees.  We have already heard from several farms that they would be
>> willing to barder honey for things we don't grow here, like blackberries.
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 6:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?
>>
>>
>>> Susan,
>>>
>>> Did I ever tell you that I made candles and sold them as a business for 
>>> a
>>> while a few years after I went blind?  I did this prior to 9 11  Soon
>>> after
>>> that time folks got tight with their money and I switched  over to 
>>> doing
>>> candle art at craft fairs.  Candle art is granulated colored wax and  I
>>> had
>>> an array of glass jars that kids would do like sand art, but it was
>>> candle
>>> wax designs.  I then would stick a wick in their creations put some
>>> sirranne
>>> wrap in the top and then screw on the top of the jar and add a bow and
>>> send them off carrying their proud one of a kind creation.  I made up
>>> labels
>>> and stuck them on the bottomn of the jar that said "Created by Me!
>>>
>>> I had  to stop the ccraft shows as my friend who was sighted that 
>>> helped
>>> me had a back problem which gradually worsened .
>>>
>>> Oh well I really enjoyed myself doing that.  I was out with kids, 
>>> making
>>> some money and it was far from a steady 9 to 5 job.
>>>
>>> Joyce
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