[Nfb-krafters-korner] Questions about soeing.

[Ramona Walhof]

Hi Kendra.  Yes, I can help you learn to sew rags together either by hand or 
with a sewing machine.  I live in Boise, so the time difference is only one 
hour.  My email is ramona.walhof at gmail.com.  My phone is 208-338-1595.

Rag rugs are fun to make.  I have not done it for many years, but made rugs 
in high school.  If looms did not take up so much space and cost so much, it 
would still be fun for me to make rugs or place mats, etc.  Sewing rags is 
much quicker and the seams are stronger on the sewing machine, but you can 
certainly do it by hand , as well.  It is much too early there, especially 
after the time fall back, but I would be glad to talk with you this 
afternoon or evening.

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kendra Schaber" <Baltimore777 at comcast.net>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 2:07 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Questions about soeing.


> Hi everyone:
> I have sent a message simular to this one and was advised to join this 
> mailing list. I hope that what I'm about to say will not only answer your 
> question about what I do as a craft. I also hope that it will answer my 
> questions as well. I am a blind left-handed gardener who is learning how 
> to weave recycled strips of sheets to make rag rugs. I am learning how to 
> make rag rugs to sell in my own small business which once started will be 
> found in the cottige industry. I am a member of a rag rug making gild and 
> my teacher has not worked with a blind person before. I should point out 
> that I am the only blind person in my gild. As a matter of fact, I am the 
> only blind person to my knowledge that lives in Salem, Oregon who either 
> knows or is learning how to weave rag rugs. Since I am a beginner, I am 
> still working out the finer details in weeving the strips together on a 
> hand-made loom. I have to soe the strips of recycled sheets together in 
> order to keep the rug smooth. I have tried to use nots to put the strips 
> together but had to spend three or four hours after my last rug was 
> finished to get the nots out in order to make it flat so that it can go 
> into the market place. Both my teacher and I want me to be as independent 
> with my rag rug making as possable. Since I don't know any person who is 
> blind and who soes strips of favric together, I am sending this message on 
> the mailing lists for anyone who is blind and who knows to soe for advice. 
> I know as a blind person that we often use different ways than sited 
> people to do our normal daily tasks. I believe that soeing is one of those 
> tasks. If you are on the mailing lists and you happen to know a blind 
> person who knows how to soe but that person is not on the mailing list, I 
> give you permition to pass this E Mail onto them as well. To all blind 
> people who knows how to soe, how would I soe by hand as a blind person? I 
> have tried to hand soe the strips together and have not had any luck at 
> this time. Are there techniques that I need to know? If so, can you please 
> tell me what they are? My rag rug gild meets once a week on Wednesday's. 
> If you can give me good advice before then, I would really appriciate 
> this!  You may either contact me on the mailing list or at my E Mail 
> adress.
> My E Mail is:
>
> Baltimore777 at comcast.net
>
> Again, I would really appriciate this!!!
> Kendra Schaber
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