[Nfb-krafters-korner] rosaries

Mon Oct 27 13:13:02 UTC 2008

I just got a Juliet  and it is great.  It is the first embosser we got
that we were able to get to work.  A cart can be orderd for it to allow
you access to the paper in the back and paper storage underneath.  
I just brailled a rough draft of my book.  Now I have to fix the
spacing.

Terry Powers

-----Original Message-----
From: Sydney Walker Freedman [mailto:freedmas at stolaf.edu] 
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:14 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rosaries

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  The web catalogue is outdated (there are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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