[Nfb-krafters-korner] Happy Mother's Day

Mon May 9 13:37:30 UTC 2011

Becky
You sure were lucky as a kid.
I forgot, I also made an afgan when I was young.  Someone else put it together.  Somewhere along the line, it got distroyed by one of our dogs.
Now I am getting back in the knitting world.
Terry P

-----Original Message-----
From: Becky Frankeberger [mailto:b.butterfly at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 1:07 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Happy Mother's Day

Oh forgot to explain.  Aunt Olive was my mom's best friend. It was Olive who opened up my mom's world to crochet.  They bought crochet books and learned together what they liked. Mom mainly made hats and scarves, while Olive expanded to shawls, throws, vests.  Olive showed me how to kind of do a vest.  I figured it out from her vague description.  Mom was very pleased.
Mom made vests from then on. I made throws after that.  The first crocheted throw I made was for my beloved cocker spaniel Jacy.

Mom kept making excuses why I could not go visit Aunt Olive.  Guess she was jealous as Aunt Olive had such a wide vocabulary of stitches and techniques.

Thank you Aunt Olive. See you soon when God calls me home.

Becky and Jake
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 9:16 AM
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thanks, Becky, for this beautiful reflection.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 11:43 AM
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>I was eleven and so board stuck in a wheelchair with my broken leg.  I 
>asked
> mom to teach me how to crochet. Mom said no I couldn't learn because I was
> blind.  Aunt Olive said "lil try and teach her."  A couple days later my 
> mom
> taught me how to knit on huge needles.  I made a throw for over my legs,
> smile.  Then she taught me how to crochet and the rest is history, smile.
> Wow that was fourty three years ago. Yes I am fifty four, smile.  I feel
> like a kid so excited learning such cool things from those on this list.
>
> Becky and Jake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 7:20 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Happy Mother's Day
>
> Happy Mother's Day to each of you!
> I was thinking of crafting and my Mother - at a very young age, probably 
> 8,
> my Mother taught me to do embroidery. I still remember it was a blue 
> outline
>
> on a white tea towel. The picture was a set of three glasses with a
> criss-cross design to resemble pressed glass. I was at my Grandmother's
> house, and we sat in the kitchen as she taught me the stitches. Thus, 
> began
> a life-time interest in the fiber arts for me.
>
> How about you?  How did your mother influence YOU in making a craft of 
> some
> kind?
>
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 9:26 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Happy Mother's Day
>
>
>>
>>
>> Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful mothers.  Happy Mother's Day 
>> as
>> well to those of you who are missing your mothers, to the mothers who are
>> missing their children, andHappy Mother's Day as well  to the mothers yet
>> to
>> be.
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