[Nfb-krafters-korner] Hi from a new member.

[Pipi]

Hi Ohio,
It's been so long since my mom tried to teach me that I don't remember how 
to do anything. I would love to receive the directions that you have to get 
started.
Thank you so much for the welcome. :)
Pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ohio Gardener" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Hi from a new member.


> Hi Pipi,
>
> Welcome to our group.
>
> You said you'd like to learn to crochet. Do you know how to make a chain 
> or
> single crochet stitch yet? These are the two basic things you must master
> and everything else, other stitches all build on these two. I can send you 
> a
> description of how to do these stitches if you do not know how to do them 
> so
> you  can play around with them. I do suggest you get some bulky yarn and a 
> K
> sized crochet hook so you can easily feel your work and know what is going
> right and what is not. Crocheting for me was a mystery and I found it was
> because there was one little detail that I did not understand and once I
> understood that one thing I was good to go.  How I learned to crochet was
> that I went to a class offered at our community education programs and 
> came
> a bit early and explained to the instructor that I could not see what she
> would demonstrate to the class, but it would help me if she watched as I
> tried to do a stitch and she verbally guided me with how to proceed. This
> method worked quite well as she watched my fingers and told me when I was
> winding the yarn around in the wrong direction or pulling up too many 
> loops
> at once. It did not take long. Here on this list you can post any specific
> questions you have and some one who knows how to crochet will probably
> respond and try to help you. sometimes members even offer to speak with 
> you
> on the phone to help get you started.
> So feel free to share the details of your struggles with us and we will 
> find
> a way to help you.
>
> Ohio
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pipi
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:59 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Hi from a new member.
>
> Hey y'all,
> I joined the list a couple of days ago and thought I should introduce
> myself.
> I'm Pipi, from Kansas. I wanted to join the list because I've always 
> wanted
> to learn how to crochet. I attempted to have my mom teach me years ago, 
> but
> it didn't work for us. She didn't know how to teach a blind person and I
> didn't have enough vision to see what she was talking about.
> As far as crafts go, I have made several throw blankets and have been
> working on my own queen sized quilt for years. I don't know if I'm 
> actually
> making an actual quilt because I don't know the proper way to do so, but I
> decided that I wanted to make myself one for my bed and went from there.
> I also do a bit of scrapbooking, mainly for my daughter's keepsakes and
> record of her life.
> How do I go about learning to crochet? I've noticed some classes that have
> happened and that will be happening in the future. Can someone give me a 
> bit
>
> more information as to what these are about?
> Thanks for reading if you made it this far.
> Pipi
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
> Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Nfb-krafters-korner:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/flowersandh
> erbs%40gmail.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
> Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> Nfb-krafters-korner:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/blahblahblah0822%40gmail.com