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

Wed Dec 13 17:54:39 UTC 2017

Beading teachers always told us to have a tray to work on.  I used a clear
plastic party tray.  I also have a small pin cushon to hold my needle in an
up right position.  This way you can stop in the middle of beading.

Terry P.

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An idea I heard about while listening to a knitting podcast was to use a cd
jewel case when working with seed beads.

Here's what to do:

Take an empty cd jewel case & on the inside where you usually put the cd,
fill it with double sided tape. Then sprinkle your beads on the tape. When
you are ready to Bead, use your beading needle to pick up the beads off the
tape.

This also makes the beading portable if needed & the case is easier to
label. I wouldn't use this method for long term storage, but works for short
term storage while working on a project.

Courtney

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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
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> 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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>
> 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.
>>
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>>
>> As usual I look forward to reading everyone's replies.
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>>
>> Nella
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