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[Blindhands at aol.com]

Did you ever want to learn something new?  Did you ever think you  could 
search down and get all the info by talking to people and giving it a  try?  
If you wanted to buy a tip roast and wanted a really good one would  you go 
to a yarn shop looking for it?
 
Well I hope I make a point here.  There is no reason why any of us can  not 
learn how to do a new craft and learn all about it.  Even if Krafters  
Korner don't have a class.You can do the research and learn all that you can,  
give it a try teaching yourself, but use the resources and contacts to pick  
their brains and then try and try again until you can do it satisfactory to  
yourself.
 
I went blind 16 1/2 years ago and since then I had never made candles when  
I was sighted[I learned how by doing what I said above][I started making 
and  selling my candles].  I did not have any idea what an antique sock 
machine  was nor how it worked[I listened to people online and went out and found 
one and  learned how to use it].  I never heard of a triangle loom before 
and  started out with a small one and learned how through email and a phone  
call.  I had known about caning chairs as my Mom did it after she retired  
and it was a project that her and her friend would go to in the local senior  
center.  I did have 6 months of training doing chair caning after I went  
blind, and while there the teacher let me dabble with making a basket, now I 
am  teaching basket classes, but I am still learning and picking the brains 
of the  shop owner  from Baskets of Joy.
 
So if you always wanted to learn something maybe it is time to learn.   
When I started with the candles I called up a lot of candle shops and talked to 
 the owners on what I needed and took their knowledge and gave it a try.  
So  go out and learn something new and be sure you come back to Krafters 
Korner and  teach all of us!
.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com