[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Dealing with freepatterns full of ads

[amcarr1 at verizon.net]

Yes, I also copy most of the contents of the web page and paste it as unformatted text into a MS-Word document.  Then I delete what I do not need, and format the document with headings, bullets/numbers, and what ever else to make it easier to follow.  How I format the document depends on how I plan to read it when working on a project.  I might use my computer and read the MS-Word doc, or copy the contents of the MS-Word doc into the body of an e-mail that I send to myself so that I can read it on my phone while out and about, or I might copy the MS-Word doc over to my NLS braille display, or I might write out the pattern in braille on index cards held together on a metal ring.

 

HTH,

Annette

 

 

From: NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jeanette Kutash via NFB-Blind-Crafters
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Cc: Jeanette Kutash <kutash-jm at comcast.net>; nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Dealing with freepatterns full of ads

 

Tracy,  I do the same as you. I find it is the easiest.

 

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On Aug 13, 2026, at 8:58 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org> > wrote:



I’ve been grabbing free patterns off the internet.  All of them have ads, and often ads that make the screen change regularly and change where I am in the text. 

My solution is to select a lot of the webpage, copy it to the clipboard, then paste it into a Notepad file.  I use Windows.  Then I go through the file and take out all the stuff I don’t want.  It takes a little while, but it doesn’t jump around, and I know I want the file on my PC anyway.  It does take out any links to videos, but I’m not big on videos anyway, and I can always go back to the webpage if I need to.

How do other people handle patterns on the internet?

Tracy

 

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