[Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?

Mon Feb 4 16:42:07 UTC 2013

I will be at your class.

Carol

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On Feb 4, 2013, at 9:28 AM, "Diane" <dianefilipe at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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