[Nfb-krafters-korner] Why I'm not taking an August class

[Deborah Armstrong]

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-----
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> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 2:18 PM
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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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