[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: Introducing myself

Wed Jan 21 19:10:02 UTC 2015

Heather;

If you are still on the list,  send me an e-mail and let me know how you are doing.  When will you be visiting NIH?
I have not heard from you for a long time.  I found your name while cleaning up.
Miss you.

Terry Powers

-----Original Message-----
From: Heather Kirkwood [mailto:hkdawn at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 7:00 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Introducing myself

I've been a lurker for the past few days because I've been so busy. I just wanted to say hello. My name is Heather Kirkwood and I live in the Kansas City area. I do a lot of artwork-type things, as well as some crafts. I'm always really interested in learning about new projects. I'm so glad to find the group. 

Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
1 (800) 789-9HPS
www.hpsnetwork.org

Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com

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HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012

--- On Mon, 12/5/11, Ohio Gardener <flowersandherbs at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Ohio Gardener <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] an Introduction
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 5:43 PM

Hi again Sarah,

I never heard of safety pin beading till I joined this group either. I just finished a class offered by the group to learn to make a safety pin beaded Xmas tree. It is around 13 inches tall made from safety pins with beads on them, strung on wire in a circular pattern. The "instructor" of the class read out the instructions, told us what beads to put on each pin and in what order, then explained the order to string the pins on the wire and then how to attach the pins to one another. there are easy and difficult projects and I happened to take my first class as a beginner with a very advanced level project. However our instructor was very patient and helped me and the other beginners along till we all were able to successfully complete our trees!
Oh yes, the classes are offered via conference call, so we can all relax at home and not have to worry about traveling anywhere.

I just purchased several kits from Teresa, a person on the list who has beading kits she sells that come with bead packets labeled in Braille and emailed instructions for making the projects. I bought  rectangle, heart-shaped and hexagonal shaped baskets, and a lighthouse.

But I do suggest that you take a class with us before trying this craft on your own because it is rather tricky till you understand the basics. I dove off the diving board at the deep end of the pool and don't recommend that either. Take a beginners class if you are interested in pursuing this.

Cathy from Ohio

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Sykes
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 5:47 PM
To: Barb Roland; List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] an Introduction

Safety pin beading? I hadn't heard of that until today, but I think I saw some archive posts about it on the list, so I'll just go read up on it and not ask you a ton of questions everyone's probably heard before.

I started out loom knitting but have found regular knitting to be faster and more versatile for me. I actually just started teaching two of my fully sighted friends to knit. Only one lesson so far, but it has been great so far. They are both eager learners and fun students.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Barb Roland <barbwire59 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Sarah, welcome to the group, I'm visually impaired (legally blind) 
> living in MO also, I'm about 2 hrs from you down in the SW corner of 
> the state, near the 4 corners state lines.
> I didn't really start crafting until about a year ago and found loom 
> knitting to be my fav so far. Since being on this list I have learned 
> to
do
> safety pin beading and some plastic canvas and got started loom knitting.
> I'm sure you will enjoy this group very much.
> Barb R.
> Z6
>
> 'Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly, 'one must have 
> sunshine, freedom and a little flower.' ~ Hans Christian Anderson
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Sykes" 
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> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.**org 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>>
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 3:55 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] an Introduction
>
>
>  Hi all,
>>
>> My name is Sarah and I'm a blind knitter living in Springfield, MO. I 
>> saw this list while searching for something else (that's how I find 
>> most cool
>> stuff) and I thought it sounded pretty fun, so I decided to join.
>>
>> I don't really have a question or topic to post to all of you yet, I 
>> just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself and to invite you to 
>> follow
my
>> knitting blog at
sarahmsykes.com/**missdottieknits<http://sarahmsykes.com/missdottieknits>.
>> I also have an Etsy store
>> located at missdottieknits.etsy.com
>>
>> Your comments, questions, and suggestions are most welcome!
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Sarah M Sykes
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