[Nfb-krafters-korner] A little about myself

[Henry Osborne]

Hi Sharon, thank you for sharing your profile ( for lack of a better word ) 
with us. I think that this gives all of us a better idea on how to help you 
in crafting.
We're a very patient bunch here, so, don't worry about asking too many 
questions or needing extra help with anything.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Amy Herstein via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 8:42 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Cc: Amy Herstein
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] A little about myself

Hi.

No worries, I love having instructions explicitly described to me,
too, whether they are in a book or being verbally explained to me by a
teacher.

Amy

On 10/26/17, Sharon Hooley via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> i’ve recently re-subscribed to this list, and just thought I’d share some
> things about myself.
>
> I live in Nampa Idaho, not very far from the capitol, Boise.  i live in
> what’s called a certified Family Home.  This type of home is for clients 
> who
> need extra support, which for me is more than deafblindness.  If I ever
> decide to live by myself, I would like a simple tiny house on wheels so 
> that
> I can park near family members from different areas of the country
> alternately.
>
> I enjoy crafting with plastic canvas.  What I like about it is that we can
> build all kinds of things of our creation.  Also, correcting mistakes is
> fairly easy.  I think of doing other projects with yarn I have for 
> knitting
> and crocheting, but I want to get rid of a lot of my canvas scraps first.
> My problem is that I have the wrong kind of patience when it comes to 
> those
> other yarn work, meaning that I’m willing, to a point, to start something,
> then rip it out when I see a mistake, start over, rip out, etc.  There is
> one material I think of crocheting, plastic grocery bags.  that can be a
> free medium to work with.  Also, it would be nice to be able to make 
> padded
> wire hangers, that is two hangers bound together.  When my mom passed on, 
> I
> took her featherweight sewing machine, so I’d like to make some things 
> with
> scrap material.  I am interested in clay, learning to create with duct 
> tape
> and other useful things made from recycled plastic, metal or wood.
>
> I guess you could say that doing a   little programming and playing around
> with sound, using such things as tape recorders and digital technology is
> crafting too.
>
> I’m thinking of becoming a member, but I feel that I might have some
> difficulty following written or spoken instructions.  I’ll give you an
> example.  My sister was teaching me how to make a Korean star, which is a
> Christmas tree decoration made with two pieces of square-shaped cardboard,
> straight pins and string.  After binding the two squares catty corner,  to
> each other and face-to-face, you put  the pins in at each point the 
> squares
> make.  Now, I don’t remember the exact words she used, but it’s apparently
> important to pick the best way to describe instructions.  Well, i pushed
> each pin down through the tips so that they stuck out on the other side.
> then she showed me what I did wrong and guided  me through  the right
> procedure, to push the pin THROUGH the tip so that most of it  is 
> sandwiched
> between the two layers that make up the cardboard.  They I could use the
> heads to wrap the string around each point, sort of like a God’s Eye.
>
> Looking forward…
>
>
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