[Nfb-krafters-korner] Macromay topics:

Wed Sep 19 10:50:42 UTC 2012

I know.  My question is why the hot pads could not be used for food.  She strongly said, not for food.

Terry P.

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From: Zimmer, Cindy [mailto:cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:35 PM
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Terry,
Neva was describing things that she has made using macramé.

Cindy Z. 

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From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:53 PM
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Why not for food.  Wicker is used for hot food.  

Terry P.

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From: Neva Fairchild [mailto:nevafairchild at verizon.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:17 AM
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Macramé uses cord rather than yarn so it does not stretch. There's a link on our resource page to a source. I have ordered from them and they have nice cords. It's called the macramé super store. I took a macramé class at the rec center when I was in college and learned the basic knots through making a wall hanging. We used a thick foam board covered in 1 inch square checkerboard fabric to help with measuring, giant T pins to hold the work against the board so your knots laid flat once you completed a section and needed to attach the next section. It's important to find a pattern for what you want to make  because the measuring of the cord can be deceiving. My recollection from the late 70's and early 80's is that you need at least 3 times the amount of cord for each strand of the finished size. It's heartbreaking to work up something only to run out of cord before you finish it. I have made wall hangings, pot holders, for plants not hot food, hanging tables and lamp shades but it has been a long time. 

Be kind, always. It is the most important rule of man; be kind in all things. Anger steals your joy, fear steals your heart, worry steals your life. But, in kindness there is never a fault...Steve Carter

Neva Fairchild
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Terrence van Ettinger
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:03 PM
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Hi Kendra,
So there is a specific yarn for macrame then? I looked on Bard also but no, I didn't see any books on Macrame. '-( But my interest has been peaked, so now I'm going to have to look into it. '-D On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Kendra Schaber wrote:

> Hi all: I am going to learn how to make items in macromay(Parden the 
> spelling), the kraft where you make items by different types of nots 
> in my next krafter's guild meeting. None of us currently has a good 
> pattern for a compleet beginner such as myself. In order for me to get 
> started, I need a simple pattern for those of us who has never learned 
> this kraft before. Does anyone either have patterns for compleet 
> novises like myself? If you don't have good beginner patterns, do you 
> guys know where to find them? Please feel free to send me links to 
> websites if you can't send me the pattern but knows which site that 
> you have seen it. I am not a member of Book Share nor Learning Ally at 
> this time. I am a member of BARD but I don't think that they have 
> books on macromay. My phone is down since my old dinosore of a phone 
> died. I am the one who is working with the Oregon Commission for the 
> Blind to get an Iphone 4s. Not to get too techno on you all since we 
> have resently had a tech fest on the mailing list. I do have one 
> simple request in the technology department. Can you please 
> communicate to me via E Mail? All systems are go there. Well anyway, I 
> would really appriciate the help! As for you yarn adics, I have 
> managed to get a few balls of yarn for macromay to get me started. My 
> local krafters guild scored on a massive donation of all kinds of 
> kraft goodies and it happened to contain a few balls of the right yarn 
> for macromay. I might end up with a few more balls of yarn next week 
> since we didn't go through every ball of yarn in the boxes. Oh yah, we 
> wound up with two or three boxis that was full of nothing but balls of 
> yarn.
> Thank goodness that there are a few yarn adics in my krafter's guild 
> because they took the yarn home for their own kraft projects.
> I guess that it's about time that I join in on the yarn adict fun 
> (LOL!).
> Kendra
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