[Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?

Mon Feb 4 16:28:21 UTC 2013

I have tried to crochet them to the best of my ability.
Let me get a pattern worked up and I would love to teach it!
As Linda a would say, "before we know it, it will be the 4th of July" Summer 
is coming so the beach bags and farmers market bags will come in handy!
Diane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dixie" <cobaltblueheron at gmail.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?


> 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
> ~  @-> ~ <-@  ~
>
>
>
> -----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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