[Nfb-krafters-korner] did you ever want to...
beverly heninger
bevie.k at comcast.net
Sun Jan 5 03:14:41 UTC 2014
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
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] did you ever want to...
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> From: "jill" <jillbilly4 at comcast.net>
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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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