[Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?

Mon Feb 4 15:12:28 UTC 2013

Diane,

Teach us please!
I want to know how to make the beach bags and farmer's market bags!

Do you knit, crochet or weave them?

I have heard that people spin the plastic bags to make a fiber.

I want to learn!

 Dixie
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Diane
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 4:56 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?

Beach bags and farmers market bags.
Diane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?

> What do you make with the plastic yarn?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Diane
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 4:25 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?
>
> I use plastic yarn!!!
> Everyone saves their colored plastic bags for me!
> Diane
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jill" <jillbilly4 at comcast.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 1:29 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?
>
>
>> Deidre
>> Has your neighbor ever knitted or crocheted with plastic yarn?  I was
>> reading online about people who use plastic shopping bags and make it 
>> into
>> what they call plarn.  I thought it was a neat idea.  There was one 
>> person
>> who made plastic mats for a missionary in some place in Africa for people
>> to
>> lie on instead of the earth.  Was just curious since she is so talented
>> and
>> into recycling.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Deidre Muccio
>> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 1:11 PM
>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave
>>
>> Thanks for the pattern info.
>> My neighbor Alice Kane  does indeed want to pass along her talent
>> and love of the work. Her rugs belong in museums as much as on a floor,
>> more
>> so perhaps on a wall. I'm partial to things that can be used however, and
>> to
>> some extent she makes what she walks on and wears as well.
>> This woman is also very frugal and a master recycler. The Chaneile
>> she had cones of and she wanted to use it! She has also set a goal for
>> herself of having 100 rugs in stock. Presently, I believe she has 355 or
>> so,
>> maybe more.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of River Woman
>> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 12:30 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave
>>
>> Hi Diedra,
>> Yes, I will look up the pattern and send it to you all - see attachment.
>> It
>> is just a lovely fabric.
>> It is a really lovely piece when it is knitted the fabric is so textured
>> and
>> sophisticated. Everyone who sees it wants to touch it.
>>
>> Your neighbor probably appreciates your interest in the fiber world she
>> loves so much. You have a teacher right there so be sure to learn from
>> her,
>> all you can. That is her legacy to the world, to pass along her wisdom.
>> Lucky you!
>>
>> Lynda
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Deidre Muccio" <deimucc at verizon.net>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 11:15 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave
>>
>>
>>> Linda
>>> Who can I order the pattern from or where can I go to look at it? I'm
>>> curious about it. What weight yarn do you like to use for these scarves?
>>> I've been seeing a lot of stretchy gauzy frilly scarves and shawls in
>>> shops
>>> lately. Some are made of viscose and one was a cotton rayon mix, very
>>> nice.
>>> In my hands, they would be snagged in no time at all.
>>> Today I looked at a hand twined woven rug made with strips of an old
>>> Chaneile bedspread and some other fiber. It was tight and about to be 
>>> cut
>>> off the frame. Then I looked at something on a loom that was made with a
>>> soft Chaneile thread or yarn and wow what a lot of work but very very
>>> soft.
>>> If I were a hermit, making these things round the clock would be a great
>>> occupation for me! My neighbor is 76, and once the weather warms up, all
>>> that time will go into gardening, not weaving and knitting.
>>> About a year ago when I first saw some of this neighbor's rugs, I
>>> was astounded by the quality of the work, I asked her if they were just
>>> piling up, and indeed they are. She doesn't sell much and doesn't use a
>>> computer to display or advertise them. A friend did put up a facebook
>>> page
>>> for her with some pictures but she never does anything with it. I gently
>>> suggested she put me in her will, and she said "ok." I wonder if she
>>> remembers. Think I should remind her? Actually for all I know, she will
>>> long
>>> out live me! As it stands now, she is very excited I am carrying through
>>> with all this. I go up in the mornings and have her inspect my work.
>>> I hand it to you all who are enthralled with these kinds of
>>> endeavors.
>>> In case anyone is interested, Web's has a great radio show that airs
>>> on WHMP FM at 7 AM Sunday mornings. They have guest persons they
>>> interview,
>>> usually people who write pattern books or distribute yarns. The owners, 
>>> a
>>> husband wife team, do the show. You can listen to podcasts of the show 
>>> if
>>> you go to their web site and look for them. Long before I even thought
>>> about
>>> knitting, I loved listening to the show.
>>>
>>> Deidre
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of River Woman
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 6:38 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave
>>>
>>> It is an 18 row pattern - very beautiful and very textured.
>>> I started making scarves with it around October as part of a Knit-a-Long
>>> with a group of FB knitters and I just cannot STOP making them.  The
>>> pattern
>>> edge is dynamic and it undulates...oh, I love it!
>>> Lynda
>>>
>>>
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