[Nfb-krafters-korner] sewing article

Tue Aug 2 14:09:35 UTC 2016

If I ever get around to it, I'll announce it on the list.  I have to go find the original article first. I have Braille copies of most of the Kernel books, but I don't remember which book it is in.   
Ramona 

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Liz via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 3:32 AM
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Cc: Liz <masterspanishteacher2306 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] sewing article

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
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> How can I find the article Ramona wrote about sewing?
> 
> I would love to read it.
> 
> Nella
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> [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
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> 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
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>> 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
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>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Why I'm not taking an August class
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>> 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.
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>> Thoughts? Am I misguided?
>> 
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>> --Debee
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