[Nfb-krafters-korner] making palm baskets

[Theresa Taylor]

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>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] making palm baskets


> 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" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:51:22 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] making palm baskets
>
> 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" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> 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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