[Nfb-krafters-korner] My Macomber Loom

[River Woman]

I imagine they will teach anyone who is interested. They tell me that it is 
VERY hard to get any young people who want to learn to weave -  In our area 
blind people have no way of getting anywhere - PA is VERY rural overall. 
There is no such thing as public transportation except in the cities - and 
blind associations do not take blind people to things like this at all from 
what I can tell.  I am told that most blind people around here do not 
venture out much at all unless they have a famly member who will or can do 
it. Our situation is very very different that what many of you experience. 
If I did not have my husband or grandchildren, I would very likely never 
leave my house.  This is living in a rural area. The likliehood of any blind 
people coming to the museum to learn to weave is probably very slim.  You 
remember how I had told you that no blind people were even brought to see my 
show even after I had sent out information packets to all the area blind 
associations. I never had any response from any of them at all, one way or 
the other.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] My Macomber Loom


> Encourage  them to teach visually impaired/blind folks to work on this
> loom.  We will be having hopefully some folks from CT that work with the 
> blind
> on floor looms speaking to us after the holidays.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 11/3/2011 9:23:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:
>
> Just  wanted to share two things this morning with you.
> First, I found a HOME for  my treasure, my Macomber Loom. It is the
> cadillac of weaving looms, and mine  was a large one with a 48 inch 
> weaving space,
> and 6 harneses. I had to find a  new home for it after losing my sight
> because I needed my weaving room for my  tech stuff and made my weaving 
> studio
> into my office and where I run  everything from.
>
> I wanted to find the perfect home for my loom - and I  believe I did.  I
> have gifted it to the Harmony Museum in Harmony, PA.  They have the 
> Weaver's
> House on the museum grounds there and the weavers there  are so thrilled 
> to
> get this loom. It is far beyond anything they have been  using there - and
> they said they would be making it the centerpiece of their  weaving 
> program. I
> am thankful that my treasured loom has gone into the museum  program so
> that it can be used and that others can learn to weave with it,  too. Next
> week, I am doing a Christmas Market at the museum,. so I hope to go  visit 
> my
> loom and see her in her new home.
>
> Lynda Lambert
> 104 River  Road
> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>
> 724 758 4979
>
> My Blog:   http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My Website:   http://lyndalambert.com
>
>
>
>
>
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