[Nfb-krafters-korner] Welcome Portia

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Portia
 
The class double rake loom will help you learn how to use those llong looms 
 you just purchased and was a bit frustrated with.
 
Cathy's class on the loom child hat with beads is a step up from just  
making a hat, but it will give you more of the basics with the round loom and a  
peak into adding beads.  It is well worth you sitting in and  listening.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 10/4/2012 1:59:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sober512 at earthlink.net writes:


Hello  and thank you for asking. Sorry I didn't do that earlier in my  first
post.

I am from Southern California, in the Los Angeles  area.

I am 43. Totally blind. I learned to hand knit in highschool. We  had a 
basic
sewing class and at that time, sewing machines were not adapted  for the
blind.

So, a couple of my friends were taking the class and  were blind as well.
They learned to make a basic ribbed scarf. I saw what  each of them were
doing and wanted to get involved in the class.

I  started the scarf but later took it apart after the class had ended.

I  was a real slow knitter but now, people watch me knit and they  can't
believe how I can knit and not be able to see. I knit for charities  and
also, to make something on the side to supplement my income.

I  also learned to loom knit after a few people that are on this list  
talked
about it. I figure on trying it myself. I started on the Knifty  Knitter 
loom
set I purchased a few months ago.

Just doing the basic  Ewrap stitch on hats and scarves on the round loom.

I haven't going  further on making afghans or anything that require flat 
loom
knitting  yet.

I bought my first long loom set a few weeks ago. Was frustrated  with trying
the figure 8 cast on. Kathy had told me about this group and  the classes
offered here.

I recall being in this list before but  didn't have the money to signup for
the membership so dropped  out.

So, I signed up for the list as well as the classes.

I want  to learn as much as I can. I don't have the room for a sewing 
machine
in my  little studio apt but want to learn to hand quilt or hand sew things.

I  want to try my hand at basketry and beading as well.

When I am able to  get all the supplies to work on that, I will signup for
the classes in the  future. I had done both plastic canvass and latchook in
JR.  High.

But, never gone back in to it.

Well, sorry my post was  long. I tend to write like that and never keep it
real basic and  short.

Thanks again for the welcome and I look forward to meeting all  of you one
day in the class.

Portia, Southern  California

Facebook: Portia Latieff Mason

Twitter:  califknitter
Ravelry:  angelpm


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