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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Deb.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m not sure of knot names myself. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We started by tying the thread to the ring.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then, this is how we made the half-hitch over the button ring, using a threaded yarn needle:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hold the thread parallel to the ring, at 12 o’clock, behind the ring.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Put the needle through the ring from the front, then up between the ring and the thread, and pull tight. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You could try it with yarn and a stick or knitting needle taking the place of the ring. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It took me a little time to figure out what to do, but then it was easy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Debra Trevino via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 4, 2024 7:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Debra Trevino <hooksandneedles@live.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Dorset buttons<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Here is a stupid question.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>How do you make a half hitch?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I may know how to make it but not what it is called. Now you know how really confused I can be!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Blessings,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Deb Trevino<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Naima Leigh via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 3, 2024 4:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Naima Leigh <<a href="mailto:sydia12@icloud.com">sydia12@icloud.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Dorset buttons<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Tracy,<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Naima<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Dec 3, 2024, at 8:28 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/sydia12%40icloud.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/sydia12%40icloud.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>