[Nfb-krafters-korner] Anyone do nalbinding?

Wed May 30 18:04:18 UTC 2012

I think I will never stop crochetting either. I have slowed down though. I 
take orders for things and make a bit of extra money on the side. I won't be 
at convention this year boohoo. I will be there in spirit though. I don't 
know really when I will be able to get to the next convention for the nfb 
because the next several years it will be in Orlando. My husband and I can't 
both go there every year. Maybe I will go one year and take a few extra days 
off and see the park but the two of us will have to have our credit cards 
both paid off before that will happen I'm afraid.How much does it cost to 
join the group at convention if I may ask. I'm not a paying member yet and 
would love to become one.
Meg

-----Original Message----- 
From: Rovig, Lorraine
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:52 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Anyone do nalbinding?

I'd like to practice nalbinding when I get to the part at convention where I 
get to sit down. Do any of you who will be at convention know how to do this 
craft in case I get stuck? If the term is new to you, it is a Viking art 
that uses a short needle with a big eye, like a size 16 needle, or the 
handmade wooden needle my SCA friend gave me, to do a very early form of 
knitting or crochet (take your pick) with a cut strand of yarn. 
Traditionally it was used to make small items - socks, gloves, and hats. It 
has the benefit, especially for socks, of having no knots where you connect 
one finished thread to the next cut piece of yarn. The connection is felted 
via a tiny bit of spit and rapid rubbing to heat up the connection.

Lorraine Rovig
Baltimore, Maryland

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria 
Martinez
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:20 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] quick intro

Ramona and Meg,

I won't be coming into dallas until Saturday evening but I will try
very hard to come to the meeting.

Meg, I too think I will crochet and crochet and crochet. I do find it
very relaxing and have noticed it is very easy to have 2 or 3 hours
just slip away. My mom recently had foot surgery. I sat by her bed and
crocheted the entire weekend I was with her in the hospital. She said
I looked so relaxed. She seemed so happy that I finally learned how to
do what her and my grandmother do.

Lisamaria

On 5/29/12, Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lisamaria, I sent this before I was done.  It sounds as though you are
> making very good progress if you have done several items in one month.
> Bring some yarn and hooks.  Meetings are great times to practice.
>
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 5:00 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] quick intro
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have finally joined. I live out in California and I've recently
>> started to crochet and knit using a knitting loom. I have knitted 3
>> baby hats and 2 scarves on the loom and I have crocheted 2 scarves --
>> all in the last month.
>>
>> I'm a little stuck because I want to learn how to do cool projects and
>> I want to learn how to do more advanced stiches, etc, etc. My crochet
>> teacher is pretty busy and doesn't have a ton of time to teach beyond
>> what she has already taught me, which is to say, she's taught me how
>> to do a slip knot, chain, a single stitch and how to finish off. I've
>> read a crochet book my husband bought me for Mother's Day and have
>> learned, in concept, how to make other stiches like the half double
>> stitch.
>>
>> I've downloaded and read a few iPhone apps that have taught me
>> additional stitches. I have arm wrestled my husband into watching
>> YouTube vids of looming techniques but he complains he doesn't know
>> what he is looking at and isn't a good candidate for helping me learn.
>>
>> Anyways, I'm new and I'm open to learning how to learn.
>>
>> any ideas are much appreciated. And, if anyone is willing to sit and
>> teach me a few tricks at Dallas, I'm game! I learn very fast.
>> crocheting is ihn my blood. My grandmother does it for a living in
>> Puerto Rico. My mom and sister crochet, but my mom was never able to
>> teach me. I've finally found someone who could teach me and I'm so
>> hooked.
>>
>> Lisamaria -- AKA, LM
>>
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