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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#000000" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Interesting. Thanks for the info.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Slery via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 13, 2025 12:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Slery <slerythema@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hide and Sheep uses the elesic thread and beads for the center ring and usually last 8-10 years so I guess quality really matters. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cindy <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id=aqm-original><div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On July 13, 2025 8:09:38 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></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid gray 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 5.0pt;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Hi Cindy.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>The abacus bracelet I have uses what looks like a rubber stitch marker to slide over the beads. I think using elastic thread instead might not work so well, because elastic tends to lose its stretchiness after a while. The rubber ring is flexible enough to let me push a bead through, but doesn\u2019t seem like it will break any time soon.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Yep, I tink back too, if I only have a few rows to go back, but, if I have quite a few, like the 15 I had to go back a couple days ago, I just carefully rip back and pick up stitches. I still have to tink back a row or 2 after that, to fix the stitches I didn\u2019t pick up well, but I think it\u2019s easier than carefully going back all those rows. The second part of the trick is to carefully keep track of how far I\u2019ve gone back, so as not to mess up my pattern. I should probably use lifelines more, but often forget that would be a good idea.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Tracy</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><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 style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>slery via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 13, 2025 1:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> slery <<a href="mailto:slerythema@gmail.com">slerythema@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Successful Saturday</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Congrats, Tracy, on the bracelets. I think I am going to make an abacus "bracelet" for my knitting. I have one from Hide and Sheep and I love it. While I don't use it as a bracelet, I put it on a locking stitch marker and use that as my beginning of the row marker. I really need at least one more, but it is not in the budget right now (or the near future). I am comfortable with the stringing part and can do the clasp, but I am concerned about using the elastic thread to make the center ring the beads will need to slide through.<br><br>Boy do I know about the practice on knitting. I would typically just tink back if it was only a couple of rows. I have a lot of experience doing that since I am a perfectionist with my knitting.<br><br>Cindy<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>On 7/12/2025 11:03 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>It\u2019s Successful Saturday! Have you started or finished a project, or achieved a goal? Share it with us and we\u2019ll celebrate with you. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>I play the harp, and I had 2 nice stretch bracelets with harp charms, but they both broke. I decided to remake them. I thought, if I used elastic again, it would break again, so I remade the first one with beading wire and a toggle clasp. It came out nice and fits fine, and it seems sturdy. Today I\u2019ll remake the second one the same way. Then I\u2019ll have my lovely bracelets to wear at the big harp festival next week. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>And, so Cindy knows she has company, I had to rip out part of the sleeve I\u2019ve been knitting. Luckily, I\u2019ve gotten pretty good at pulling out a few rows, picking up stitches, and carrying on. Must be all the practice I\u2019ve had.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Tracy</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><br><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org"><u><span style='color:blue'>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters%40nfbnet.org"><u><span style='color:blue'>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>