[Nfb-krafters-korner] caning a chairt: was ; question for Joyce,

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Well that is what this turned out to be.  While I was in training I  was 
being paid $11 per hour by our state agency for the blind.  After the 6  
months was over I stayed long enough to receive 1 pay check being paid by the  
work I did.  Well it ended up being $10 for my 6 hours of work.  It  also cost 
me $12 for the 2 buses I had to take both ways back and forth to the  work 
shop.  I inquired if there was any way to get my bus fare covered and  
basically I was told I ccould move closer to the job.  What do you think my  
husband told me seeing we had like less then 5 years to pay on our house before  
it was paid for.
 
I really liked the work, but I couldn't afford to work there.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 6/4/2013 8:56:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:

hi,

wow, you brought back memories for me with this talk of  caning chairs. one 
summer when I was young I worked in a sheltered work shop  and my job was 
to fix broken cane chairs. I would make totally new seats for  the chairs. it 
was really  crafting though I didn't think of it as a  craft at the time. . 
I sure didn't make much money and the conditions were  less than desirable, 
but it was fun to learn to cane. no,I can't remember how  I did it, but I 
do remember it had a number of steps to follow. by the end of  that summer I 
got pretty good at it. my supervisor told me more than once to  slow down 
because there weren't enough chairs coming in to keep up with me and  he 
needed to have work for me to do in order to get paid. aw, if only I could  still 
work and enjoy myself. 
who knows, it might just be in my future,  life sure has its  surprises.

Cathy

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