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

Sat Feb 18 16:51:53 UTC 2012

It is on the same street as the Milano Hotel. It is on Fortaleza St.in Old 
San Juan. http://www.hotelmilanopr.com/

If you are leaving the hotel, going out the front door:
Turn LEFT.  It is on the opposite side of the street from the hotel. Go 
about 1 block down Fortaleza Street, and on  your right as you walk down the 
street. I do not remember the name of it but you will smell the incense from 
the street. The window is full of eastern type of things.  The store is 
crammed packed with clothing, and to the right as you enter is a very large 
display of incense - the best I have ever found anywhere. There is wonderful 
soaps in scents that are like the incense, and lovely incense burners.  To 
the left there is clothing - racks of lovely colorful skirts ($10. EACH) iI 
buy several every year and lovely tops to match the skirts. They have great 
PR Tshirts, too - very very heavy cotton, not cheap ones that get nasty 
after washing. These ones, I can wear for years, they are made so well. The 
lady who owns the shopis OLD and appears to be CRANKY. But, if she warms to 
you, she is very generous and lovely.  If you go there, remind her of the 
lady who comes in every year with her white cane - she gives me GIFTS every 
year and she hugs me.  I will be there the end of March, for 2 weeks so I 
will be going to see her.  I will see if Bob has the receipts from the store 
from last year, and if so, I will get you the name of it. The things in her 
store are of very good quality - not the touristy junk that many of the 
other stores have. The lady lives only a block away from her store, in 
another building on the same street.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
flying

> Linda, Do you remember the name of the store you like to shop at in PR?
>
> Carol
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:55:39 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and 
> flying
>
> well, I do have a large tote bag that I take along in my carry on bag - so 
> I
> can fill it up and bring lots of PR coffee home with me! Want to try 
> fitting
> into that tote?
>
> I used to buy a lot of my gemstones there in OSJ, but the store is no 
> longer
> there.  I bought wonderful things I never could find anywhere else - I was 
> so
> sad last year when I arrived and my store was gone.  There is one other 
> store
> that is my favorite there - I buy lots of incense, skirts, and tops there 
> at
> the store I like so much.  I love the colors of PR and my house is painted 
> in
> those colors inside and outside.  Lots of COLOR -
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ramona Walhof" <ramona.walhof at gmail.com
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about knitting needles and
> flying
>
>
> Lynda, do you have space in your bag for an extra person?
>
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:38 PM
> 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
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> --- 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
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> 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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