[Nfb-krafters-korner] rosaries

[Sydney Walker Freedman]

Marjorie Arnott is a blind woman in Arizona with a huge catalogue of
knitting and corchet books in Braille.  I have a couple and will soon
order more.  if you do a Google search for Braille knitting books, you
should find her web address.  The web catalogue is outdated (there are
*many8 more books0, but her e-mail address is still correct.  Also,
several libraries in the UK, e.g. RNiB, have braille patterns.  I use
a Juliet embosser, which has generally worked quite well, but it is
acting strange of late.

Sydney


On 10/26/08, Laura White <lewhite2 at oakland.edu> wrote:
> 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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