<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hello Tracy,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>What size ring do you recommend for a flower loom? I was surprised that I could loom knit these, but I don’t know the exact weight of yarn to use?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Naima<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 3, 2024, at 8:28 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Last night I learned the basics of making Dorset buttons. Amazingly, a member of the local knitters’ guild is the world-wide expert on these buttons. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I never heard of these buttons before, or really of making buttons, so it was very interesting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Basically, you need a ring and a skein of pearl-cotton thread or fingering yarn. You make half-hitches with the yarn to cover the ring, then make spokes by wrapping the yarn from 1 side to the other, like a clock, then weave the yarn through the spokes to fill in the center. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Pretty simple, once I got it. Children used to make them, as well as adults, to make money for the family.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Of course, there are fancier variations, but that’s the basic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And now I know, roughly, how to make my own buttons! Though she said it’s much harder than it used to be to get inexpensive rings of decent quality.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list</span><br><span>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/sydia12%40icloud.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>