[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille Knitting Patterns ...

Sun Oct 26 17:16:39 UTC 2008

Laura:

What exactly do you mean by "having success" with Braille knitting patterns? 
I have found NLS in recent years has come out with some excellent knitting 
books that are available in Web Braille -- my all-time favorite format!  And 
they have been very receptive to suggestions I've sent them for knitting 
books to put into web Braille or Audio format.  However, they, like all 
other transcribing agencies I've contacted will not put into an accessible 
format patterns that are heavily charted.

The internet also has literally thousands of free patterns (and I've gotten 
& worked some good ones) that I've copied into an MS Word Document and 
formatted and then brought into Duxburry for printing on my Braille 
embosser.

And if you're willing to spend the bucks, the Royal National Institute for 
the Blind in England, has a number of really excellent Braille knitting 
books that have more elaborate designs and they seemed not to have issues 
with transcribing the charts.  Right now, with the exchange rate being bad, 
I don't think is a goodtime to buy them.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura White" <lewhite2 at oakland.edu>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rosaries

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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