[Nfb-krafters-korner] making palm baskets
Carol Osmar
osmarc at sbcglobal.net
Thu Feb 3 21:08:43 UTC 2011
Sorry it took so long to reply. We are at a campground now. We
are just a few miles from Ed's brother and we plan to stay here
about 2 weeks.
I can't get my braille note to connect to the wireless internet,
but I can get it by using a wired connection at the club house.
To answer your question, I think you can take the palm leaves any
time of year but they are coconut palm so I don't know if they
grow in Orlando.
Carol
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From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com
To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
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Date sent: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:00:39 -0600
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Wow that is so cool...is it the kind of palm leaves you can just
go pick up
down there...I will be there in the summer, but I wonder if they
are better
during a certain season.
Yeah....smelling someone else's hat...wouldn't be my cup of tea
either...smile...but that is amazing it has no odor.
Theresa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net
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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:51 PM
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Theresa, I thought the palm might get brittle after time but he
said it
doesn't. He was wearing a hat he said he has had for 12 years.
He made
me smell it (yuck) but it did not stink. Apparently the palm
doesn't
absorb odor. THE color changes from green to a light tan. He
says the
baskets will last at least 40 years.
Carol ----- Original Message -----
From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com
To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
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Date sent: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:51:22 -0600
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Wow that sounds like fun! I think it is awesome! I would love to
know the
texture and the like of the basket. I know you mentioned palm
leaves...but
do they stay flexible or does it keep its shape?
Theresa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net
To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:57 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] making palm baskets
I have to tell you all about my morning. We were walking down
the street
in Key west and a man was sitting on the sidewalk making
baskets. We
stopped and I asked him if he would teach me how to do it. He
said he
charges 40 dollars to teach how to make a basket. So he taught
me how to
make a basket from coconut palm leaves. He was a nice guy and a
patient
teacher. Of course I was the first blind person he ever taught
so it was
a
challenge for him to verbalize the directions but he did a
pretty good job
of it. I can't say I could make a palm basket by myself now,
but it was
fun and I have a pretty good idea of how it is done. I got to
keep the
basket I made and he also gave me a basket and a hat he made.
I am usually a quiet, introverted person so this was certainly
out of my
comfort zone but I am glad I did it.
Henrietta, I think ed will send Dan pictures.
P. S. I gave him a twenty dollar tip and I think he got some
free
advertising.
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