[Nfb-krafters-korner] Big Brag!

[Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC]

Michelle, your words are very sweet. Oh and by the way… Congratulations on finishing your first hat! :-)

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> On Aug 12, 2014, at 8:22 PM, Michelle Creedy via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello! I'm excited to report that I've just finished my first hat on the
> knitting loom.
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> This project is very special because the woman who mentored me and who I
> called my blind mommy gave me that loom. Sorry if that term offends anyone
> but she honestly was like another mother to me and she was the one who
> pushed me really hard to embrace much of the federation philosophy.
> Strangely, she wasn't an NFB member but I wouldn't be the cane user that I
> am today if she didn't keep pushing. She gave me the confidence to believe
> that some day, I can have children and be a successful blind mom. Sharon
> gave me a ball of yarn to start me off and she'd put a few stitches on for
> me too. So, I want to dedicate my first hat to Sharon. I used to call Sharon
> Sweetpea so this is my Sweetpea hat. There's another Sweetpea hat on the
> loom and it's wonderful to be knitting with a loom and with yarn that my
> dear Sharon would have touched. She died not long after she gave me the
> loom. It's her birthday on Friday!
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> 
> A lovely legacy from my Sweetpea.
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> 
> Michelle
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