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

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Sorry about answering these emails late.  I had a busy weekend and  trying 
to catch up.
 
Note to the knitters and crocheters out there...
 
When you were sighted or tell those who are losing their sight, How many  
times have you been told, I bet you can do that with your eyes closed.  If  
you have knitted or crocheted when sighted you already know what your hands 
are  suppose to be doing.  I know I would do my knitting and crocheting 
watching  the TV and really not keeping my eyes on my work.  Well that is what 
you  need to convince them of.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 11/11/2011 7:08:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
denise.shaible at att.net writes:

Hi  Pipi,

Welcome.  I'm Denise Shaible and I live in California.   Hi to any other 
new 
members.  this list is growing so fast and it's  great to meet all of you.  
I 
hope you take some classes so we can get  to know each other by voice and 
not 
just by list.  Pipi, I know  you'll get lots of information about 
crocheting 
from the many folks on  this list who do it.

By the way, let me take this opportunity to ask a  question of some of you 
who knit or crochet and who are totally  blind.  I have light perception 
and 
do all of my knitting by using my  hands.  I guess others out there can 
identify with this.  Can  any of you give me  suggestions about how to 
mentor 
someone who has a  little vision left and doesn't believe she can just use 
her hands?  I  met two people at the Braille Institute last Tuesday who are 
losing their  vision and don't believe they can just use their hands.  I 
think I  put my foot in my mouth with one of them when she said she had to 
use her  vision to see the congtrast between her yarn and needles.  I had  
spent half an hour listening to this type of talk and I guess I just  
couldn't pass up the opportunity to say that she didn't need her vision.  
Maybe there's a better way.

Our teacher has low vision and she does  a great job with knitting and 
crocheting.  In fact, she gave me the  idea to want to crochet.  I had the 
same experience as Pipi in that  someone sighted tried to teach me.  I 
remember the chain stitch so,  maybe my teacher will be able to teach me.  
I 
don't know.  I'm  sure lots of you have opinions on this topic.  I look 
forward to  hearing from you.  Again, welcome, Pipi and all of our other 
new  
members.

Regards,

Denise

-----Original Message-----  
From: Pipi
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 8:58 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


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