[Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?

Mon Feb 4 20:56:07 UTC 2013

Horray!
For everyone interested in this future/maybe class, start saving your 
plastic bags now, because you will need to make a pretty good size "ball" of 
plastic yarn!  I love the colored ones the newspaper comes in.
Thanks!
Diane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jill" <jillbilly4 at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?


> Me too!
>
> Jill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Osmarc
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 10:42 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] neighbor recycler?
>
> I will be at your class.
>
> Carol
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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