[Nfb-krafters-korner] sewing article

Tue Aug 2 09:40:33 UTC 2016

Hello Liz, I tried looking on the website and couldn't find it. Are
you able to send a direct link to the article? I don't know anything
about sewing and would love to learn.

Very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 8/2/16, Liz via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello rAmona,
>
> I’ve read that article. I’d love to read an update, should you ever produce
> oen.
>
> Liz
>
>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> It was in one of the Kernel books which are all online at nfb.org
>> <http://nfb.org/>.  I can't
>> remember which book, but I bet those who know how could do a search and
>> come
>> up with it.  I suppose I should write an update, because I wrote it
>> probably
>> twenty years ago.
>> Ramona
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> <mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org>] On
>> Behalf Of Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 7:31 PM
>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists' <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> <mailto:nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>>
>> Cc: Nella Foster <jellybeanfarm at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jellybeanfarm at gmail.com>>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] sewing article
>>
>>
>> How can I find the article Ramona wrote about sewing?
>>
>> I would love to read it.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 7:11 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Cc: Deborah Armstrong
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Why I'm not taking an August class
>>
>> Ramona,
>>
>> Thanks, I too will take the class. Very kind of you to take the time to
>> help
>> us who are more clueless. I remember long ago the article you wrote for
>> the
>> monitor about your learning to sew and have always admired it.
>>
>>
>> On 7/29/2016 4:11 PM, Henry Osborne via Nfb-krafters-korner wrote:
>>> Hi Ramona, I already know how to knit, but I'm looking forward to your
>>> classes in October. I want to refresh my memory on some of the
>>> stitches, and learn new techniques, and learn how to do the double
>>> Moss stitch too.
>>> henry
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 4:43 PM
>>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>>> Cc: Ramona Walhof
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Why I'm not taking an August class
>>>
>>> Debra, I need to put up a class on basic knitting stitches I think the
>>> first two weeks in October, probably Thursday evenings.  I will be
>>> teaching basic knit stitches with needles:  garter, stockinette,
>>> ribbing, seed stitch, double moss stitch, and checkerboards of various
>>> sizes.  As we go, we will discuss what kinds of things you can make.
>>> For example, scarves are always
>>> popular.   You can design your own or look for patterns.  These stitches
>>> will take you a long ways.  This is the last day of BELL here, and I
>>> took it off to go to a wedding.  I will be teaching Braille drawings
>>> tomorrow.  Then I will try to deal with our  Website to list the basic
>>> knitting stitches class.
>>> Ramona
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deborah
>>> Armstrong via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 2:18 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
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>>> Cc: Deborah Armstrong <debee at jfcl.com>
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Why I'm not taking an August class
>>>
>>> It looks like you have some wonderful classes coming up. My thanks to
>>> all the members who give up time to create the classes!
>>>
>>>
>>> My issue is that I'm a klutzy beginner. I can knit and purl, but I've
>>> never used a loom, know only one way to cast on and can't crochet
>>> either. I do know how to use circulars; made several hats, but don't
>>> know how to use DPNS either.
>>>
>>>
>>> I guess I could take a bead class but have trouble picturing what
>>> these things look like.  And I can already hear my husband reminding
>>> me I should be using up the yarn I've already bought, before I go
>>> buying more craft supplies. And I do have tons of yarn and needles.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not on a fixed income, so it's not a real problem for me
>>> financially to buy some supplies, but I don't really want to argue
>>> with him about why I need the stuff when I already have a room full of
>>> knitting supplies!
>>>
>>>
>>> I took up knitting because I learned from Davey Hulse's superb "Touch
>>> of Yarn" (a book for blind knitters) and I needed something I could do
>>> on my commute which totals 3 hours each week day. That's the only real
>>> time I have for crafting, because I'm sleeping or working or trying to
>>> be a homemaker otherwise. But I did manage to make an entire afghan,
>>> just on my commute, out of 25 squares, each exactly a foot square.
>>> It's an enormous colorful thing and every square was knitted on a
>>> bumpy paratransit van!
>>>
>>>
>>> So I'm feeling a little stuck. Seems like only the beginning crochet,
>>> which I signed up for already will make a dent in my existing inventory!
>>> And the other classes require skills I don't yet have. It also looks
>>> like many of them aren't portable; they won't really fit in to my long
>>> commute.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thoughts? Am I misguided?
>>>
>>>
>>> --Debee
>>>
>>>
>>>
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