[Nfb-krafters-korner] circular needle question

Wed Aug 4 17:44:28 UTC 2010

You might want to keep the plastic cases they come in and put braille labels on them.  This will work on circular needles.

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eileen Scrivani [mailto:etscrivani at verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] circular needle question

A needle gauge is either made of plastic or metal.  It has holes in it, one hole for each needle size.  My gauge has the holes in a diagonal line and the sizes go from size 17 (largest to size 0 (smallest.  I pasted dimo labels at the 10, 8, 6 & 5 holes, and I'm quite used to the set up.  As the holes get smaller it is a tighter space so more difficult to fit Braille labels on it, so I just count.  Whe the needle cant go through a hole I back up one and I know what size needle I have.

For these really small needles, I don't know if there is a gauge that will tell you a triple 0 vs a double 0, you need to keep them seperated from other needles and find a way to label what you keep them in.

Eileen

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From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] circular needle question

> Actually I got the triple zero....I do like the lighter weights and I 
> just didn't know what the sizes meant. Another quick question is how 
> does a needle gauge work? Is there one that is more blind friendly?
> You guys rock!
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>> Theresa:
>>
>> If you bought the size double zero, you can work with it.  I always 
>> use the smaller size triple zero, but then too I like working with 
>> not lace or fine weight yarns, but I do like worsted or dk weights, 
>> so if I need a life line for those projects, I don't want to stretch 
>> out my stitches with a larger size needle point of double or single 
>> zero.  If you are the type of knitter that likes bulky  or chunky 
>> yarns I suppose you could get away with a size single 0 or double 0.
>>
>> Eileen
>>
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>> From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 11:51 PM
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>>
>>> got it....lol I just figure a zero was a zero....I should have known 
>>> better my hubby is a tax accountant....lol
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
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>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:02 PM
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>>>
>>>> Theresa:
>>>>
>>>> They are two different sizes.  The 00 is a double zero and is 
>>>> slightly larger than the size 000 (triple zero).
>>>>
>>>> Eileen
>>>>
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>>>> From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:16 PM
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>>>>
>>>>> O.K> Is a 00 and a 000 circular needle the same or different.....
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