[Nfb-krafters-korner] rosaries

[Laura White]

hi everyone,
Who has had success with braille knitting or crocheted patterns?  Also
not craft related but anyone who knows of a Braille embosser they
particularly like for just everyday use, please email me with embosser
in the subject.  I'm shopping around right now and refuse to attend
graduate school with out a braille embosser.  Thanks.



On 10/26/08, Sydney Walker Freedman <freedmas at stolaf.edu> wrote:
> Well, it isn't horribly dufficult, especially if you make wire-strung
> or cord rosaries.  Chain rosaries are more time-consuming (I've never
> made one) because you have to connect the beads together with little
> bits of chain and eye pins.  For wire-strung ones, you just string the
> correct number of beads on wire and connect he two main parts of the
> rosary to a centerpiece medal with crimp beads (I'm not the most
> competent with crimping plires :) 0.  The two main parts are the
> "cicle" and the "tail," as i sometimes call them.  The circle is made
> up of five dacades of ten "ave" beads and 1 "paternoster" bead, with
> spacer beads between the decades and also between the last ave and
> it's folowing paternoster bead to offset the single bead.  So, you
> would string the circle like this:  five-seven seed beads (or other
> small beads) for spacer, ten larger ave beads with a spacer bead
> between each one, five-seven spacers again, 1 larger paternoster bead,
> and then for repeats of the abov, ending with five-seven spacers.
> Each end is then crimped to the two loops on the top of the center
> medal, and the pendant "tail" is crimped to the bottom loop.  The tail
> is strung like this (top down): five-seven spacers, 1 paternoster
> bead, five-seven spacers, three ave beads with one spacer between the
> first and second and second and third (i.e. don't put one spacer after
> the last because of what's next), five-seven spacers, one paternoster
> bead, five-seven spacers, and finally, the cross or crucifix.  For
> cord rosaries, you can use nots as spacers, and for chain ones, short
> lengths of chain are used.  If this doesn't make sense or isn't
> helpful, let me know.  Sorry for being so long and rambling.  Oh, but
> before I finish, I should mention the beads that I like to use.  I
> love semi=precious gemstone beads (they feel heavy or light, cool or
> warm, depending on the stone), glass, mother of pearl, olive wood...
> I use silk thread or cord (I especially like using my handspun :) )
> and silver flexwire.  I'm going to make a rosary with linen thread
> soon.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Pax Christi,
> Sydney
>
> P.S.  Does any one here happen to know how to make knotted Orthodox
> prayer ropes?  It's something I'd love to learn.  :)
>
> On 10/25/08, Blindhands at aol.com <Blindhands at aol.com> wrote:
>> Sidney,
>>
>> Please do tell us more about you making rosaries.  I would like to  learn
>> more.  So don't take it off list, please.
>>
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