[Nfb-krafters-korner] Basket Class who would be interested?

[David Andrews]

Staunton is where I did basket weaving back in the '60's.

Dave

At 07:25 PM 1/23/2011, you wrote:
>The school in Hampton has been closed and Stanton is the only one 
>open and I don't think it teaches adults, only youth.  The adult 
>training center is Richmond Rehabilitation Center for the Blind.
>
>Susan
>dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleni Vamvakari" <magkisa83 at gmail.com>
>To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 1:47 PM
>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Basket Class who would be interested?
>
>
>>Ooh cool!  Did you guys use any kinds of books or was it all hands-on?
>>I just checked my list of blind schools and there are two listed in
>>Virginia.  One is Hampton and the other in Staunton.  The page of the
>>first didn't work when I tried it but the second does.  They didn't
>>mention basket weaving.  This is what I mean about networking.  I sent
>>letters only to those which mentioned a history of such classes.
>>Perhaps, I should send them to more places.  But now that we might be
>>doing classes here, I may not need to do so.  In any case, count me in
>>as being very much interested.
>>
>>All the best,
>>Eleni
>>
>>On 1/23/11, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>>>We used to make these kinds of baskets, back at the Virginia School
>>>for the Blind, in the early 1960's.  Later on they moved up to chair
>>>caneing, but I left the school prior to that.
>>>
>>>Talk about stereotypes!
>>>
>>>Dave
>>>
>>>At 01:46 PM 1/23/2011, you wrote:
>>>>"The hard bottomed baskets are the simplest to learn.  The circular
>>>>bottoms
>>>>already have the holes drilled in them and then you just soke the  reeds,
>>>>cut
>>>>to a specific length, incert reeds into holes and take the  extended
>>>>portion
>>>>of the reeds and bending them sidewase, each reed end will  lock the next
>>>>reed end flat under the next reed and so on.  These reeds  now become your
>>>>uprights for the basket sides.  You continue soaking  your reeds and
>>>>weaving
>>>>them in and out of your upright reeds until you reach  the height you want.
>>>>Then you have to soak the top of your basket so your  upright reeds become
>>>>flexable again and then you can bend them over and  weave them into the top
>>>>of your basket which wil give it the finished  top.
>>>>
>>>>Susan"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>As Susan wrote above this is a simple basket to do.  Who would be
>>>>interested in taking a class in this?  If we get enough people
>>>>interested I  will
>>>>get the supplies and we can all work on the same basket.  Susan would you
>>>>help co-teach this class with me?
>>>>
>>>>Joyce  Kane
>>>>_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>>>>Blindhands at AOL.com