<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">That would be a fun project to do some time, to have braille in it.<div>Lovette</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 16, 2025, at 10:16\u202fAM, Dixie via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Yes. I like your way of making the braille.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I have also seen braille made using bobbles as well as made using beads. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dixie<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">@-> + <-@<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2025 10:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> carcione@access.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I just looked at my work, and, if the wrong side is up, making the braille backwards, the print letter is backwards, too. So, in this case, my solution works.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> 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 10:36 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> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Becky, I tried to make braille on only one side, using purl, but it doesn\u2019t stand out well. These tiny bobbles do. If you have ideas for how it could be on one side, speak up.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Becky Frankeberger via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2025 9:48 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<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I loomed the same guy an afghan. I didn\u2019t ask about which side is up. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Braille on one side only, please.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Becky and Holden waving a paw <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> 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<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I figured out a good way to knit braille, using tiny bobbles. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019m 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\u2019ve got the print letters, and I thought it would be neat to put braille letters, too. They came out nice, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><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\u2019s name on it. Woo-hoo!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/lyewchan%40gmail.com<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>