[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Resending Successful Saturday

[carcione at access.net]

Good job, Cindy!  An interesting use for AI.  And you figured out how to get it to tell you what you wanted to know, which isn’t always easy.

Tracy

 

 

From: NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of slery via NFB-Blind-Crafters
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 8:56 PM
To: Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org>
Cc: slery <slerythema at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Resending Successful Saturday

 

Well, I didn't get back to this, so I am sending today instead.

I needed to share my win from the weekend. I was gathering yarn for a new pattern and trying to make sure I had enough yardage. I was short and decided I could use something else for the button band and cuffs. Well, the yarn I am using is variegated and on the dark side so I asked co-pilot (I have MS 365 and do not pay extra for any AI) what colors the yarn is (I knew the brand and colorway). It gave me a description. Then I asked it what color coordinated and it gave me a color in the same yarn. Then, I asked for a contrasting color and it again gave me a color that was in the same yarn.

I was very pleased with my use of AI for crafting.
Cindy

On 4/12/2025 2:50 PM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters wrote:

I’m resending this message, because I didn’t see it arrive earlier.

 

It’s Successful Saturday!  Have you started or finished a project or achieved a goal?  Share it with us and we’ll celebrate with you.

 

I finished the left front of a cardigan I’m working on, and I’ve started the right front.  

It’s the Tree of Life cardigan from Lion Brand.  Lion Brand seems to do a good job providing written instructions to go with charts.  

It’s a neat pattern.  It has 2 trees on each side of the front, with their branches intertwined.  Above and below the trees is a simple basketweave pattern.

However, I don’t want to use the gauge LB has for the pattern.  Their sweater is super-large, and they want me to hold 2 strands of yarn together, which I don’t want to do.  So I figured out their gauge/inch, then figured out mine, and I’m modifying parts of the pattern to suit my gauge.  It seems to be working. 

Tracy

 

 





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