[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters

[Becky Frankeberger]

Tracy, you probably do not want the Braille to show on both sides. Backwards
Braille may be insulting. Trust me a lot of folks have no idea right side
and wrong side. I have a guy who likes the wrong side of a knitted afghan I
made him and his wife. She flips the afghan to the right side. Maybe he just
likes advertising my business, grin.

 

I loomed the same guy an afghan. I didn't ask about which side is up. 

 

Braille on one side only, please.

 

Becky and Holden waving a paw  

 

From: NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf
Of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 6:13 AM
To: 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org>
Cc: carcione at access.net
Subject: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters

 

I figured out a good way to knit braille, using tiny bobbles.  

In a stockinette piece, where you want a dot, knit 3 stitches into 1 stitch
by doing knit, yarn over, knit, then slip those 3 stitches back to the left
needle and knit them together through the back loop.  Gently pull the bobble
tight.  It makes a nice little round dot on both sides of the fabric, but
neater on the purl side.  Then purl the next row, as usual in stockinette.

 

I'm making a throw for a blind friend, and she wants the logo of the theater
where she wants to use it on the throw.  I've got the print letters, and I
thought it would be neat to put braille letters, too.  They came out nice,
too.

Now I can put braille on anything I want.  I could even sign my work, or put
my friend's name on it.  Woo-hoo!

Tracy

 

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