[Nfb-krafters-korner] For Henrietta - soap bags

Mon Jun 25 23:32:26 UTC 2012

Hi Lindy,
A long time ago I found a pattern or two for these little guys. But can't find it now.

I use 100 percent cotton yarn and I am using size six needles. I found that if I cast on thirty three stitches it is wide enough. I am practicing lots of stitches I have wanted to work on for a long time. So mine are textured to say the least. Dan said I could use bigger needles because they are pretty heavy duty now.

Near the top I do a row with yarn overs every four or five stitches to make holes to run a cord through. I simply tie the cord so it is long enough to open for the bar of soap and then closed, hangs from his wrist so the bag fits in his hand to use as a wash cloth.

I was thinking that this is a good gift for men at holiday time. I will just make a manly scented soap to put inside.

Henrietta
On Jun 25, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Lindy van der Merwe wrote:

> Hi Henrietta, could you please share a bit about the soap bags? I have actually been thinking of making decorative soap bags, and I was considering what fabric and design would be best to use?
> It did not occur to me how helpful a soap bag may be for when people find a slippery bar of soap difficult to deal with, for whatever reason.
> Thanks.
> Lindy
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 11:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Art and Crafts camp
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>> Hi There,
>> Thanks for this inspiration. I have been feeling a bit down this week. Most of my friends and family are going off on vacations this weekend. I am not one of those who will be down long, so I invited two of my favorite people to do a craft camp here.
>> 
>> I am going and I invited Me and Myself. So it will be Me, myself and I at this camp. But I will take what time I can find and sit by my fountain in my screen room that my Husband had built for me and do some crafting. With his illnesses this summer, I have put crafting on hold. But we won't have much as far as company this week and he seems to be feeling a bit better and doing some for himself. So I can focus on a few projects I have thought about.
>> 
>> I did start making soap bags for Dan. I made him one before that he wouldn't try, but now that it is harder to hold on to the soap and harder to pick it up when he drops it he thinks my little bags are great.
>> 
>> So thanks for the idea. I am excited for my camp. Think I will get the beads out again.
>> Henrietta
>> On Jun 24, 2012, at 2:56 PM, River Woman wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Charlotte,
>>> Get a couple of friends together and invent your own little art camp for next summer. That is what we did! W chose summer because one participant is a teacher and has summers off - otherwise she cannot do it - US other three have a flexible schedule and could do it any time. I will let ya know how it goes - but for new we are all very excited we have put this together and it will be happening soon. woo hoooo.
>>> Lynda
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlotte" <sirius_black at comcast.net>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:17 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Art and Crafts camp
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>>> 
>>>> Wow, an art camp sounds really good. I would love to just craft and relax by the hot tub for a week. But for me, I'd like it in the winter because I'm not a fan of this heat! Luckily here it's not too hot (yet).
>>>> Charlotte
>>>> 
>>>> On 6/24/2012 9:10 AM, River Woman wrote:
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> I am getting things together for my art and crafts adventure with three mutual friends who are artists. It is exciting. We planned this a year ago - to go somewhere that is central to each of us so that nobody had to drive for a long distance - some place in the middle between Northern Kentucky, and Western and Central PA. So we chose southern Ohio for our art retreat - rented a nice A frame home with hot tub, woods for hiking, and lots of room for each of us to be making art all day every day. We are also taking the Shawn T fitness program with us so we can work out to the _Insanity_ program while we are there.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My big news is that FINALLY  I am getting to go to a three day training session on business development - been waiting for this for nearly a YEAR - through OVR, of course. Will  be there through next Wednesday, then home for a few days and then OFF again to Southern Ohio for our GIRLZ ART and FITNESS CAMP.
>>>>> 
>>>>> All four of us will be doing beadwork projects there at our camp. I plan to finish up a bead embroidery piece I am working on currently - it is a bead encruseted "garden" piece and I started by selecting a Kaffe Fasset fabric for the base and the beginning of it. It is about 1/2 done now, so I plan to finish it there. My other plan is to begin a new TALISMAN. I have bought Honey Wax Opals, and Green Opals, and Tree Agates for this project. Also got lots of Swarovski crystals, and Gorgeous Japanese Seed Beads....OH, MY!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Finally, will take a knitting project, too. I am about 1/2 done with a Stockinette Stitch Shrug, and hope to finish it up by the end of our art camp. I think that is enough to work on for one week!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Lynda River Woman
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is all good!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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