[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 12/6/17

Mon Dec 11 21:13:57 UTC 2017

That's awesome. I never considered those, even though we sometimes
have Pringles and Tic Tacs around our house. Another use I can think
of for a tall can like a Pringle can would be as maybe another choice
for a yarn holder if you punched a hole through the lid.

I also thought of another pair of materials that are, in my opinion, unusual.

A colleague of mine has fashioned guitars using cigar boxes as the
bodies. I have no idea how she does it, but I heard from her that she
does. They're no concert pieces, but they are apparently serviceable.

Also, I know of a lot of crafts that use eggshells. First, you need to
blow the egg's contents out; my mom does that by piercing the ends of
the shells with a pin and slowly, tediously blowing them out. I seem
to recall her painting them for Christmas ornaments.

On a similar line, I saw a lady at a holiday craft fair who made
beautiful ornaments from eggshells. They had been painted over and, in
the neatest way, made shiny, almost like gems.

Amy

On 12/11/17, Zimmer, Cindy via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I thought of a few more ideas that I use.
>
> Tic Tac containers are great for storing needles.  They even have the larger
> size tic tac containers and these work great!
>
> Pringles Cans are great for knitting needles and crochet hooks.
>
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> Behalf Of Amy Herstein via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 8:50 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Amy Herstein <maria830 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 12/6/17
>
> Hi, guys.
>
> Most of my crafting improvs have been devised to help me keep my stuff
> organized!
>
> Medicine Bottles: I guess I should have been more specific here. I don't
> really mean the kind that over-the-counter vitamins, headache pills, and so
> on come in. Well, I guess you could use those, but I think they're a bit
> harder to dig through if you are looking for a specific yarn needle or
> marker. The kind of medicine bottle I use is one that you usually see your
> prescription meds come in, the ones that look more like vials. You either
> squeeze the tops or press and unscrew them. I love them for storage of my
> stitch markers because I can't tell you how often I lost those! I also like
> little boxes with snap-on lids, the kind you can buy sewing straight-pins
> in.
>
> Yogurt or Sour Cream Containers: I like them for holding skeined or balled
> yarns. Use according to size. A smaller cottage or cream cheese container
> can hold smaller balls of yarn or thread. You could stick a larger skein in
> a ricotta container or some such. Puncture the top so you can feed your yarn
> through. This, of course, really isn't the best way to store it because if
> you find yourself having to untangle yarn, you'll have to either cut it out
> or destroy the top to extract it.
> Same for the yarn holders; once your yarn is in, you'll have a Dickens of a
> time getting it out to de-tangle.
>
> Canning/Jelly Jars: I plan to get into beading, and I'd rather use them
> instead of the teensy screw-top containers seed beads come in. I feel that a
> wide-mouthed, small-sized jar would let you have more control over how many
> beads come out, and there's more surface area to stick a label onto.
>
> Film Canisters: Grand for storing your various and sundry needles and easy
> to use when you need to select a certain one.
>
> Old Vix Container: Just the right height for needles, but I lost my old one
> and need to get another. You can use it for your markers, too, but I really
> prefer something with a snap-on lid for those.
>
> Washer: My only item on this list that helps me craft directly, and I used
> it only as long as I had to. I was knitting during a meeting one afternoon
> when I lost a stitch marker. Looked on the floor, under my seat, under the
> seat in front of me, on the lap of my dress, on my chair, even in my coat
> pocket--I was wearing a jacket and checked on the off chance it fell in
> there. No joy. For some reason, my mother, who was with me at the time, had
> a metal washer on her, so I used that until my return home to a fresh stash
> of markers. I found it snagged the yarn, not badly but definitely, but it
> was serviceable.
>
> Piece of Elastic: Used it once to bind together like-sized knitting needles.
> I was working on a project that required two needle sizes, 5 and 6 or 6 and
> 7, two sizes right in the neighborhood of each other.
> Without a needle gauge, I devised a quick way to keep the 6's and 7's as
> pairs. I never mixed them up and used the elastic until I got a multi-needle
> circular needle set with holes for each size.
>
> Amy
>
> On 12/6/17, Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Happy Wednesday to all.  Well, it is Wednesday evening already and I'm
>> just now getting around to posting Want To Know Wednesday.  My day has
>> been a little hectic and I finally have time to sit down and deal with my
>> email.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is another question from our wonderfully creative member Amy.
>>
>>
>>
>> Crafting is about improvising. We improvise different methods that are
>> more efficient, we craft with unconventional supplies or equipment, or
>> we use unusual items to help us organize or craft in an improved way.
>> What kinds of items do you use to help you craft, organize, track, or
>> generally make your life easier artistically?
>>
>>
>>
>> I love this question and think it will stimulate a fun and
>> informational discussion.
>>
>>
>>
>> As usual I look forward to reading everyone's replies.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nella
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