[Nfb-krafters-korner] tips for scissors

[Henrietta Brewer]

Now I am betting that Joyce's Grandma probably made the elastic by tearing the tops off an old pair of panties. That is where my Mom got a lot of her elastic. lol
Sorry, I couldn't help adding my two cents.
Henrietta
On Jan 13, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:

> If you have a small pair of scissors a tip that brings mack memories for  
> me.
> 
> My Gram always had a pair of small scissors with a piece of elastic thru  
> the handle then the elastic had a knot tied in it with a large safety pin  
> attached to the elastic.  Well actually the elastic was not attached it was  
> hanging from the safety pin so it could slide up and wdown the elastic.   Now 
> she always had this pinned to her apron or dress. Gram only wore pants when 
> she went out in the garden.  So while sitting and doing her crocheting the 
> scissors were always right there and easy to find.  As I grew up and she  
> gave me my own scissors and made up the elastic and safety pin I wore mine  
> pinned to my pants pocket or my shirt and I still do that.
> 
> You can get up and walk around and your scissors are always within  reach.
> 
> You can get elastic by the yard in Jaann's or a fabric store or you can get 
> packages of elastic too.  It doesn't really matter the width of the 
> elastic  as long as it isn't too wide and fits thru your handle of your scissors.
> 
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> Blindhands at AOL.com   
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/13/2013 3:12:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> deimucc at verizon.net writes:
> 
> Thanks  Cindy. I have some already I was thinking of emptying them out and
> using  them. I do need something right at my side for when I put a hook and
> small  scissors down while rug hooking. It's amazing how much fumbling goes
> on if  there is not a clear space right there or an apron pocket to drop
> tools  into while working and having to put them down temporarily. At  least
> knitting needles with yarn attached to them don't tend to escape  notice
> easily.
> Fro anyone who is interested the famous  Webs is right here in my
> town. Their web site is yarn.com. Each Sunday  morning on WHMP FM, they air 
> a
> show called Ready Set Knit and it is hosted  by the couple who own Webs. I
> love this show, and   even did  before I thought about learning to knit. 
> They
> feature yarn sellers, pattern  book writers, talk about new yarns just in,
> close outs, all kinds of  things. I bet you can listen to the current and 
> old
> programs on their web  site. They mentioned that anyone who didn't catch it
> should go back and  listen to the year's end review. 
> 
> Deidre
> 
> 
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