[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters

[Sonya Coulombe]

Hi!

I’ve been playing in my mind with the idea of knitting Braille but have no idea how to do it.

I’m going to take a note of this for sure. Do either of you have a pattern for knitting Braille or print letters?
I would prefer to have the braille or print on the right side only if possible.

I’ve been absent from list a while. Busy schedule and health issues. But when I can I try to read. :)


I’m sure it looks and feels gorgeous, raising up from stockinette.


Thank you a lot for any tips and tricks.

Happy crafting,

Sonya
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From: NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Becky Frankeberger via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters


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



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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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