[Nfb-krafters-korner] sewing article

[Deborah Armstrong]

I'm not sure. I looked for blind and sewing and techniques and found it 
a few years ago.


On 7/29/2016 6:31 PM, Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner wrote:
> How can I find the article Ramona wrote about sewing?
>
> I would love to read it.
>
> Nella
>
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> 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
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>> Armstrong via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> 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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