[Nfb-krafters-korner] Matinee Swing Jacket

[River Woman]

Yes, knitting helped my recover from sight loss, too. I cannot imagine how 
you did it with both sight loss and open heart surgery and all that is 
involved with the recovery from your surgery, Joyce. You are an amazing 
woman, so determined and strong.

I have a hard time doing any kind of pattern that requires markers - I have 
never really figure it out and I may nevre do it again. For now, I keep 
things simple so that I am enjoying my knitting and can make things that are 
not so stressful for me. The learning curve has been so steep for all the 
stuff we have to learn and re-learn after sight loss. Sometimes I get tired 
of learning! lol

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Matinee Swing Jacket


> Lynda,
>
> The knitting needles were the first thing I tried after I went blind.   It
> took about 6 months for me to get determined that now that I had so much
> time  on my hands with nothing to do I wanted to try doing something.  I 
> did
> have  a tough time recovering from the open heart surgery, besides 
> learning
> how to be  blind.
>
> The next thing after going out getting a new knitting bag, yarn, needles
> and pattern, besides a small tape recorder and knitting during the day and
> ripping out at night, I decided to pull out my old sewing machine and 
> giving
> that a try.  My Singer Featherweight I had since I was 16 years old and
> that is the faithful  old machine I pulled out and sat down to see if I 
> could
> use it.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 3/19/2012 3:47:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:
>
> You are  so funny! Cathy!  Yes, I knit all the time. I started knitting as
> a
> small child. After sight loss, it was the first thing I re-taught myself
> to
> do. I still have a long way to go, and now, I do things that are very
> basic
> but nice. There is still a lot of things I cannot do and maybe never 
> will.
> OK, Yes, it is knitting, encrusted beadworking, and pottery - that  is it!
> No more surprises. lol
>
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original  Message ----- 
> From: "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
> To:  "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 2:40  PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Matinee Swing Jacket
>
>
>>  Linda wrote:
>>
>> I have started to knit a lovely Matinee Swing  Jacket - out of Angel Hair
>> yarn from JoAnns. It will be a gift for the  very precious woman who has
>> taken me so many times in the past year to  and from the art center so I
>> can
>> make  pottery.
>>
>> Cathy says:
>>
>> Wow, I did not know that  you also knit! I was just thinking of you this
>> morning saying to  myself, "Linda is the jewelry and pottery person," but
>> now
>>  I'll have to add knitting and anything else?  just curious you know. you
>
>> are
>> one talented person, and what a variety in materials you  use.
>>
>> Cathy
>>
>>
>>
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