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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Sonia, daisyandstorm.com has free patterns for print letters.<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>Sonya Coulombe via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2025 10:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Sonya Coulombe <sonya.coulombe@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve been playing in my mind with the idea of knitting Braille but have no idea how to do it.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’m going to take a note of this for sure. Do either of you have a pattern for knitting Braille or print letters? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would prefer to have the braille or print on the right side only if possible.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve been absent from list a while. Busy schedule and health issues. But when I can I try to read. :)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’m sure it looks and feels gorgeous, raising up from stockinette.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you a lot for any tips and tricks. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Happy crafting,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sonya<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><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>> on behalf of Becky Frankeberger via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2025 9:47:40 AM<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> Becky Frankeberger <<a href="mailto:b.butterfly@comcast.net">b.butterfly@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I loomed the same guy an afghan. I didn’t ask about which side is up. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Braille on one side only, please.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Becky and Holden waving a paw </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=xmsonormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2025 6:13 AM<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> <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I figured out a good way to knit braille, using tiny bobbles. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>