[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Length of a child's scarf

Sun Dec 3 19:29:41 UTC 2023

I agree, Christmas has gotten waaayyyy too commercialized, I just feel we can say "no" to the commercialization without ditching Santa all together. Little St. Nick was around way before the over-commercialization of Christmas. 

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Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Scrooge. It’s just not the real meaning of Christmas. Well Saint Nicholas did set a good example, I don’t like the commercialization center now shares. A long way off from the reason for the season so to speak. We blasted Christmas carols from Amazon yesterday.

Ericka Nelson

> On Dec 2, 2023, at 4:18 PM, Sarah via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> No Santa Claus? But you're never too old for that jolly old elf with his broad face and little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!
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> Hey Debi, thanks for the info. No the scarf that I was asking about is not going overseas but thank you and I’ll keep that bit of knowledge stuffed in my brain until needed. My friend came over today and I showed her how much I had done and she said it was just about right. She likes the idea that it’s a little longer so that he can wrap it around a couple of times. Wisconsin winters can be nasty. They showed their colors earlier this week for sure. I actually finished at night should have measured. It is really fuzzy thick from a blanket yarn in a smoky gray with teal crochet of like four rows on each end. Those are two of his favorite colors so her son will be thrilled.  I have to go purchase the fuzzy or at least chunky yarn in her daughters colors over the weekend. Nessa said the problem with him getting a scarf is that the first words out of her daughter Yanni‘s mouth will be, where is mine? Are those days of childhood. I was upset over something. Stupid too. I recall getting mad when oth other kids well my middle sister got a Cabbage Patch kid and I didn’t. Something stupid especially since I was in middle school I think. I didn’t take into the consideration that I was probably too old for dolls and two there’s a shortage, so it was hard to get.  Anyhow, I have my grandma‘s cabbage patch kid now. The one I got later I was able to pick out myself. And that I gave up long ago and gave my mom back so that the grandchildren could play with it. Goodness now I don’t know where Donna Nicole is. Everybody’s too old for dolls. She probably donated it to Goodwill! 
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> Happy crafting as we push on into the holiday season. If everything goes well, I’ll be calling in tonight. There’s certainly no interest in going outside with / falling from the sky. Today we get the tree up. I mean we got the tree up. Christmas music in the air with no Santa Claus. Thank you very much. Amazon music does have a Christmas carols channel. Thank God.
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> Ericka Nelson
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>> On Dec 1, 2023, at 2:57 PM, Debbie via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Lana,
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>> You were asking about the length for a 7 or 11 year old  child's 
>> scarf. I personally  think that for a 7 year old child you want the 
>> scarf to be about
>> 3 feet and for a child who is 11 years old maybe 3 and a half or 4 
>> but I personally would say 3 feet for both ages. Remember this is my 
>> personal opinion. Also if you are making a scarf say for the OCC 
>> boxes which would be for children in other countries, remember the 
>> children in other countries are small. So a child who is 7 and lives 
>> say in Africa would not be as large a say a child in America. I did 
>> not mean to assume that you ask that question because you were making 
>> it for the OCC boxes. I was just explaining about something that I 
>> have learned through  the charities and nonprofit groups I deal with. 
>> When I'm making something for someone I take a lot of things in mind 
>> when doing that project such as the size of the person, their color 
>> preference and what I know or think I know they like. I like to look 
>> at it this way there is not a right or wrong way to do most things, 
>> however in some things you make you do have to consider the size which is what you were doing. So enjoy making your scarves and have loads of fun doing it.
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>> Debbie Killian
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