[Nfb-krafters-korner] Introducing myself

Tue Dec 6 02:26:47 UTC 2011

Welcome Heather.  You will have a lot to choose from learning old and  new 
craft skills and projects here at Krafters Korner.

What type of art work do you do?  We have a wide range of crafters  here 
with all levels of knowledge and experience.  I am sure you will find  
something to interest yourself.

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 12/5/2011 7:00:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
hkdawn at yahoo.com writes:

I've  been a lurker for the past few days because I've been so busy. I just 
wanted  to say hello. My name is Heather Kirkwood and I live in the Kansas 
City area.  I do a lot of artwork-type things, as well as some crafts. I'm 
always really  interested in learning about new projects. I'm so glad to find 
the group.  

Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice  President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster  Bay, NY 11771
1 (800) 789-9HPS
www.hpsnetwork.org

Personal  blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com

Search the Web at  www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your 
charity!  

HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012

--- On  Mon, 12/5/11, Ohio Gardener <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>  wrote:

From: Ohio Gardener  <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] an  Introduction
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"  
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 5:43  PM

Hi again Sarah,

I never heard of safety pin beading till  I joined this group either. I just
finished a class offered by the group to  learn to make a safety pin beaded
Xmas tree. It is around 13 inches tall  made from safety pins with beads on
them, strung on wire in a circular  pattern. The "instructor" of the class
read out the instructions, told us  what beads to put on each pin and in 
what
order, then explained the order  to string the pins on the wire and then how
to attach the pins to one  another. there are easy and difficult projects 
and
I happened to take my  first class as a beginner with a very advanced level
project. However our  instructor was very patient and helped me and the 
other
beginners along  till we all were able to successfully complete our trees!
Oh yes, the  classes are offered via conference call, so we can all relax at
home and  not have to worry about traveling anywhere.

I just purchased several  kits from Teresa, a person on the list who has
beading kits she sells that  come with bead packets labeled in Braille and
emailed instructions for  making the projects. I bought  rectangle,
heart-shaped and hexagonal  shaped baskets, and a lighthouse.

But I do suggest that you take a  class with us before trying this craft on
your own because it is rather  tricky till you understand the basics. I dove
off the diving board at the  deep end of the pool and don't recommend that
either. Take a beginners  class if you are interested in pursuing this.

Cathy from  Ohio

-----Original Message-----
From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of Sarah Sykes
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 5:47 PM
To:  Barb Roland; List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] an Introduction

Safety pin beading? I hadn't  heard of that until today, but I think I saw
some archive posts about it on  the list, so I'll just go read up on it and
not ask you a ton of questions  everyone's probably heard before.

I started out loom knitting but have  found regular knitting to be faster
and more versatile for me. I actually  just started teaching two of my fully
sighted friends to knit. Only one  lesson so far, but it has been great so
far. They are both eager learners  and fun students.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Barb Roland  <barbwire59 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Sarah, welcome to the  group, I'm visually impaired (legally blind)
> living in MO also, I'm  about 2 hrs from you down in the SW corner of the
> state, near the 4  corners state lines.
> I didn't really start crafting until about a year  ago and found loom
> knitting to be my fav so far. Since being on this  list I have learned to
do
> safety pin beading and some plastic  canvas and got started loom knitting.
> I'm sure you will enjoy this  group very much.
> Barb R.
> Z6
>
> 'Just living is  not enough,' said the butterfly, 'one must have sunshine,
> freedom and  a little flower.' ~ Hans Christian Anderson
> ----- Original Message  ----- From: "Sarah Sykes" <sarahmsykes at gmail.com>
> To:  <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.**org  <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>>
> Sent: Monday, December 05,  2011 3:55 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] an  Introduction
>
>
>  Hi all,
>>
>> My  name is Sarah and I'm a blind knitter living in Springfield, MO. I  
saw
>> this list while searching for something else (that's how I  find most 
cool
>> stuff) and I thought it sounded pretty fun, so I  decided to join.
>>
>> I don't really have a question or  topic to post to all of you yet, I 
just
>> wanted to take a minute to  introduce myself and to invite you to follow
my
>> knitting blog  at
sarahmsykes.com/**missdottieknits<http://sarahmsykes.com/missdottieknits>.
>>  I also have an Etsy store
>> located at  missdottieknits.etsy.com
>>
>> Your comments, questions, and  suggestions are most welcome!
>>
>> Cheers!
>>  Sarah M Sykes
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