<div dir="ltr">i thought that was correct. thanks for confirming.<div>smiley</div><div>i have used this stitch before in making stuffed animals but it was much longer like doing 5 stitches in place then connecting. i have used it for making hair. this one is just a short one.</div><div>this stitch comes out nice with the thicker yarns.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 6:47\u202fPM Becky Frankeberger via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-6319075325972744215"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-6319075325972744215WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you, Jolene, yes popcorn stitch, warm smile.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Becky <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jolene Nemeth via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2025 1:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Jolene Nemeth <<a href="mailto:radar500@gmail.com" target="_blank">radar500@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">this almost sounds like a popcorn stitch<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 3:49<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM Becky Frankeberger via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Tracy, I crochet. Three double crochet in one stitch then insert the hook behind all three yarn over and make a chain. You have a raised bump. Dixie will know how to make the raised bumps on one side as I think she has done it. Something about passing the stitches from one needle to the other.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Becky </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Becky </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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 7:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net" target="_blank">carcione@access.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Tracy</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Becky Frankeberger <<a href="mailto:b.butterfly@comcast.net" target="_blank">b.butterfly@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I loomed the same guy an afghan. I didn\u2019t ask about which side is up. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Braille on one side only, please.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Becky and Holden waving a paw </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net" target="_blank">carcione@access.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting braille letters</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I figured out a good way to knit braille, using tiny bobbles. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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!</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Tracy</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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/radar500%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/radar500%40gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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