[Nfb-krafters-korner] did you ever want to...

[beverly heninger]

Hi,
  I would like to learn how to make soap, if there is a class given.

                Blessings, Beverly

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From: "Diane" <dianefilipe at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 3:08 PM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] did you ever want to...

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jill" <jillbilly4 at comcast.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
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> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 3:53 PM
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>> Joyce,
>> Would it be possible for you to teach a candle or soap project?  I joined
>> after you had taught the soap class.  I have tried my luck at the melt 
>> and
>> pour, but wind up getting the kids to pour the melted soap.  Maybe you 
>> could
>> get me confident enough to pour it myself!
>> Jill
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>> On
>> Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com
>> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:42 PM
>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] did you ever want to...
>>
>> 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
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