[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 11/29/17

Thu Nov 30 20:38:29 UTC 2017

That’s interesting.

I can’t wait to get some looms  And find out more about spinning as well. I have coordination issues and and left-handed. So, that’s always interesting.

I would think that’s spinning required some coordination wouldn’t it!

You guys have so much to teach me about everything. It’s so wonderful to be on this list.

Oh, well I’m thinking about it. I saw on that loom stuff that they had scarf kits? What’s that?

I lost the link for those offers though.

I think if I’m going to get looms  I want to get them with the assistance of someone like Henry or Terry.

I hate to just walk in somewhere and get something random.

Jenny

Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snow.
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love,
In the spring becomes the rose.

“The rose” Bette Midler

> On Nov 30, 2017, at 1:02 PM, Slery via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Jenny,
> Yes this is spinning yarn. You use a spindle or a wheel there are different
> types of spindles just as there are different types of wheels. I have never
> heard of the wheel you mentioned. Ashcroft is a very popular brand of wheel.
> Cindy
> 
> 
> On November 29, 2017 7:06:50 PM Jenny Keller via Nfb-krafters-korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Is that the same thing as spinning yarn?
>> 
>> Do you have to have a J Normas spinning wheel to do it?
>> 
>> 
>> Jenny
>> 
>>> On Nov 29, 2017, at 4:45 PM, Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm also very interested in learning how to spin with a drop spindle.
>>> 
>>> Nella
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Amy Herstein via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:20 AM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Cc: Amy Herstein
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 11/29/17
>>> 
>>> Yay! Any crocheting or lace-making stuff comes up and I'm in, ditto if
>>> anyone tries handspinning.
>>> 
>>> Amy
>>> 
>>> On 11/29/17, Jan Bailey via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> I would also be interested in a beginning crochet class. I used to
>>>> know how to do it, so I think I could pick it up again.
>>>> Jan
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Amy Herstein via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 8:29 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 11/29/17
>>>> 
>>>> Good morning, everybody, I hope you all had a marvelous holiday as well.
>>>> 
>>>> I have heard that in the past, a very basic how-to-crochet class was
>>>> taught, and that's a craft I'd love to learn. Also, I didn't see any
>>>> spinning classes, or at least none recently, and that's a craft I'd
>>>> love to excel at.
>>>> 
>>>> Second, I'd say I want to learn sewing, but I already know there is a
>>>> class coming up for that, and I plan to sign up for it. I can't wait
>>>> to start, as the skills I once had are, alas, rusty, and I anticipate
>>> revitalizing them.
>>>> My dream is to work up to sewing all kinds of stuff!
>>>> 
>>>> So instead, I want to learn lace-making.
>>>> 
>>>> When I was in high school, I took a nice stroll through old Ellicott
>>>> City, where my family and I once lived before we moved a few miles
>>>> away into Baltimore County. On the sidewalk in front of a group of
>>>> stores, there was a lady from a local historical society set up to
>>>> demo bobbin lace. She had with her several bobbins of thread and all
>>>> her supplies watched over by a crowd of passers-by, but she was kind
>>>> enough to stop in the midst of what she was doing to show me a few
>>>> basics. It was harder and easier than I thought, harder because it was
>>>> complex and required a delicate touch, easier because I expected to
>>>> have far more trouble feeling what I was doing than I actually did. I
>>>> never did get around to setting up additional lessons with her. Years
>>>> later, I met a woman who was tatting in the knitting club I joined in
>>>> college, and again, I was impressed with her skill and the complexity
>>>> of her work. However, again, it was something I just didn't get around
>>>> to at the time. Since then, I've heard of hairpin lace, crocheted
>>>> lace, knitted lace (which I have since tried and loved in spite of
>>>> some frustrating moments), and Venetian rose point lace, as well as
>>>> other kinds of needle lace, all things, I was assured, that I would
>>>> try and eventually hate; I have my doubts as to that and am undeterred.
>>>> 
>>>> I love a craft with plenty of intricate detail, one that demands that
>>>> I concentrate. Lace-making seems right for me because you can do a lot
>>>> of cool and fancy things with it; I've even heard of women who made
>>>> their own wedding and evening dresses, have given spectacular
>>>> tablecloths to friends, and whose bedspreads are still family legends.
>>>> That is something I wish to do. I want to master those skills and get
>>>> that good at it. Not for bragging rights, not even for money, but
>>>> because I love the antiquity of lace-making and thrive on the
>>>> challenge of the skill I need. My desire to sew comes partly from the
>>>> drive to master skills but also out of sheer aggravation: I am simply
>>>> unable to easily find clothing in shops that fits without tailoring
>>>> it, so I figure I might as well just darn well make my own and have
>>>> done with it, but lace-making is another story. I wish to learn it
>>>> because of how much mental and physical dexterity it seems to ask of
>>>> its crafters and because you can express a lot with it, make things
>>>> that friends treasure, and be part of something that is very old and
>>>> took a lot of work to perfect. I'd love to learn any type there is out
>>>> there.
>>>> 
>>>> Sorry, everyone, for the ramble, and thank you for putting up with
>>>> these long emails.
>>>> 
>>>> Amy
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/29/17, Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Happy Wednesday to all of you crafters out there.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> We should all be recovered from our giant meals and be able to think
>>>> again.
>>>>> Lol
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> There are two questions this week, one from Courtney and one from
>>>>> Cindy Z.
>>>>> They are similar questions, so I decided to post them together.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> From Courtney
>>>>> 
>>>>> What past classes would you like to see taught again and what craft
>>>>> would you like to see taught that has never been taught at KK?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> From Cindy Z.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps there is a craft you would like to learn, but maybe you've
>>>>> never had the time or opportunity.  If so, what is the craft?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Let's all pay attention to the answers because they can give us some
>>>>> good ideas of classes to offer in the future.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> As usual I look forward to reading all of your answers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nella
>>>>> 
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