[Nfb-krafters-korner] Question

Thu Jun 14 13:54:07 UTC 2018

I have done some jewelry-making--bracelets, necklaces, and earrings.
I have done pottery.
These days, I am mostly knitting, and sometimes crocheting.
I'd like to do some sewing, but I'm not sure how to get accessible patterns.
Tracy

>
> What other crafts aside from sewing as everyone and two I am just curious.
> As for me I have done some jewelry. I was taking a healer class and made a
> few pieces. In the past few months I have been slowly learning about cars
> making. As of yet I still have not done a project but I have a lot of
> materials for my Cricut Maker. I also have a Cuttlebug and a Gemini they
> are both die cutting  machines. So far I like the brand crafters
> companion, we are memory keepers, and Cricut I am exploring other brand. I
> am also interested in knitting and crocheting but have not gotten into
> those crafts yet and Iâ€™m not sure that I would be good at it I would not
> even know where to begin.
>
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>> On Jun 14, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Annette via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tracy, Cindy & All,
>>
>> I heard your request for a "Short Row" technique class.  I will consider
>> teaching this as a 1 session class, but it will have to wait until next
>> January.  Again this year I am handling the exhibit hall for our state
>> convention, on top of all the other things in my life.  I will work with
>> the
>> person who sets the class calendar and pick a Saturday afternoon in
>> January
>> 2019.  If someone else is interested in teaching it before then, I'm
>> fine
>> with that.  I'm pretty sure that there is at least 1 other person in KK
>> who
>> knows these techniques.
>>
>> Annette
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
>> Behalf
>> Of Tracy Carcione via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 1:25 PM
>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting: picking up wraps
>>
>> Thanks Annette.  That's a good idea.
>> I too am interested in the German short-row technique you mention.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Annette via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 7:11 PM
>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>> Cc: amcarr1 at verizon.net
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting: picking up wraps
>>
>> Tracy,
>>
>> As you are creating the wrap, place a locking stitch marker on it.  This
>> will allow you to find the strand and either pick it up and place it on
>> the
>> needle or slip your needle under it.  I find picking up the wrap to be a
>> very fussy tasks, that I have resorted to using the German short row
>> technique instead of the wrap and turn.
>>
>> Annette
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
>> Behalf
>> Of Tracy Carcione via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 2:30 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting: picking up wraps
>>
>> I understand the pattern well.  I know how to wrap the stitches, and I
>> even
>> know why.  The thing I'm having trouble with is feeling the wraps on the
>> wrapped stitches so I can "pick up the wrap and knit it with the
>> stitch".
>> Sock yarn is thin, and the wrapping is snuggled along the base of the
>> stitch
>> to be knitted.  So, does anyone have a trick for feeling the little
>> rascals?
>> Tracy
>>
>>> Hi tracy,write to me off list and tell me what the pattern says to do,
>>> and we'll take it from there.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tracy Carcione via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 2:04 PM
>>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>>> Cc: Tracy Carcione
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting: picking up wraps
>>>
>>> Needles.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Henry Osborne via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 12:42 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Cc: Henry Osborne
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting: picking up wraps
>>>
>>> Hi Tracy, are you knitting on a loom or needles?
>>> I can probably help you better once I know what you are using.
>>> I make slippers and socks on the loom.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tracy Carcione via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 9:44 AM
>>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>>> Cc: Tracy Carcione
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting: picking up wraps
>>>
>>> I'm working the heel of a sock in short rows, and it calls for
>>> wrapping stitches on the turns, then picking up the wraps along with
>>> the stich they wrap at the end.  I have a lot of trouble feeling the
>>> wrap in order to pick it up.  Does anyone have a trick?  I usually end
>>> up just knitting the stitch and ignoring the wrap, which works, but
>>> picking up the wrap would probably be neater.
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
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