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If you want the braille larger, just make the bobble larger.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> on behalf of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2025 9:35:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> carcione@access.net <carcione@access.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Becky, I tried to make braille on only one side, using purl, but it doesnt stand out well. These tiny bobbles do. If you have ideas for how it could be on one side, speak up.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org>
<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' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly@comcast.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters</span></p>
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<p class="x_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.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I loomed the same guy an afghan. I didnt ask about which side is up.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Braille on one side only, please.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Becky and Holden waving a paw </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><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></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I figured out a good way to knit braille, using tiny bobbles.
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<p class="x_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.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Im making a throw for a blind friend, and she wants the logo of the theater where she wants to use it on the throw. Ive got the print letters, and I thought it would be neat to put braille letters, too.
They came out nice, too.</span></p>
<p class="x_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 friends name on it. Woo-hoo!</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy</span></p>
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