[Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and flying

Sat Feb 18 00:23:00 UTC 2012

Sure wish I had the money and someone to be my guide that knew more Spanish than me!
Still have some pictures of our house and the grilled in carport and my tricycle.

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net] 
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 6:56 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and flying

what a cool story you have Terry! Small world, isn't it!
Have you been back there? It is really a wonderful place.  Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
flying

> Can you believe, I lived there for 2 years, after I was adopted.  We lived 
> in Rio Piedres, outside of San Juan.  I moved to MD when I was about six. 
> I used to be fluent in Spanish.   I took it up in school.  Its remembering 
> all those words.
>
> Terry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:38 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
> flying
>
> What are you reaching out for in PR?
> I am there every year in March or April. No summers in PR for me!  We love
> PR. I used to teach a course at the college on Puerto Rican culture - it 
> is
> a very special place. Very very wonderful people, great art galleries and
> museums, and architecture that is spectacular. and, the food - delicious! 
> I
> took students there every year, and now that I am retired my husband and I
> go every year. this year we will take my sister and her husband along. We
> love taking people there and showing them the special places all over the
> island.  Yes, I will be knitting on the way there, knitting when I am
> sitting in the town squares, and knitting on the way home! I always knit
> something really nice to wear when I leave for the journey to PR.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Heather Kirkwood" <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and
> flying
>
>
> Have a good time in Puerto Rico! I've been lucky to be able to go on an
> outreach trip there for the past two summers. Leave it to me to go to 
> Puerto
> Rico in August! But, I loved it!
>
>
> Heather Kirkwood
> Director of Outreach, Vice President
> Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
> One South Road
> Oyster Bay, NY 11771
> 1 (800) 789-9HPS
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>
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>
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>
> HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012
>
> --- On Fri, 2/17/12, River Woman <riverwoman at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: River Woman <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and
> flying
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Friday, February 17, 2012, 2:24 PM
>
>
> No idea. I just know I lost my needles if Frankfurt because theyw ere
> straight ones. Sooooo, I never intend to lose them again. and, flying as a
> blind person is not a very nice thing to do anyway if you are alone - they
> can be so nasty to you that you think you are a criminal - and you are
> treated as one, too. So I take no chances on anything that even remotely
> might cause me a problem any more. I'll be leaving for puerto rico shortly
> with my circular needles. No problems!
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Kirkwood" <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and
> flying
>
>
> Okay, dumb question - why are the circular ones okay but the other ones
> aren't? I'm using circular ones anyway, but geesh, if you really wanted to
> do something rotten, I'd think it could be accompished either way.
> Hmmmm..grin!
>
>
> Heather Kirkwood
> Director of Outreach, Vice President
> Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
> One South Road
> Oyster Bay, NY 11771
> 1 (800) 789-9HPS
> www.hpsnetwork.org
>
> Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com
>
> Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your
> charity!
>
> HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012
>
> --- On Fri, 2/17/12, River Woman <riverwoman at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: River Woman <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and
> flying
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Friday, February 17, 2012, 1:16 PM
>
>
> Take ONLY circular needles to be sure they don't get taken away from you!
> And, I take a letter opener instead of scissor to be sure I don't lose my
> scissor, too.
> I knit everywhere I travel - the only place I had any trouble with 
> knitting
> needles was in Frankfort, GR. but I do not take any chances - I use
> circulars because I know there will be no problems. Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Kirkwood" <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:57 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and flying
>
>
> I've taken up knitting just in the last month (as mentioned in the last
> post.) I'm about to leave again for another month on the road. I'll be
> spending a lot of time in airplanes and airports and want to take my
> knitting with me. Will TSA give me any hassle about the needles?
>
>
> Heather Kirkwood
> Director of Outreach, Vice President
> Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
> One South Road
> Oyster Bay, NY 11771
> 1 (800) 789-9HPS
> www.hpsnetwork.org
>
> Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com
>
> Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your
> charity!
>
> HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012
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