[Nfb-krafters-korner] Organizing patterns

Wed Dec 29 09:46:48 UTC 2010

Terry P.,

I'm totally blind and have been for 33 years.  My patterns are in print, 
braille, tape and files on my thumb drive that I access either on my 
computer or my netbook.  My sister and husband are the ones who go through 
my print patterns and either read them to me while I type them up or tape 
them for me.  They also will go on the internet and either print or send me 
patterns they find.  I am truely blessed to have the both of them.

Susan R.
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn

> How well can the two of you see?  I can see enough to tell most colors, 
> but to read paterns and see pictures, no way.  I can see pictures some, 
> maybe to tell the colors but that's all.  I am colecting my items in 
> braille.  I am embossing the instructions to my classes and putting them 
> in a binder.
> I have a few knitting books, but have not taken on the chalange of using 
> them.
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:44 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>
> Yes, I do this too, Terry. I come up into the stitch from beneath, loosen 
> it, then come down into it for my K stitch. I do this all the time, as I 
> do knit tighter too.  Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>
>
>> Thanks for the tips.  Some times I loosen the stitch before going in.
>> This prevents catching on that thread, running through the yarn.  I am
>> a tight knitter and the yarn used to separate.
>>
>> Terry P.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:21 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>>
>> The Homespun, after it is knitted, will be slightly bumpy and very soft.
>> It is not an easy yarn to knit with but you will get used to is and it
>> will be ok. The end results are very nice though.  It is a very
>> splitty yarn when you are knitting with it, so easy to drive that
>> sharp needle point right into the yarn itself, instead of under or
>> over the yarn. Try to be careful to get that needle where it is
>> supposed to be and not into the middle of the strand itself.  Lynda
>> River Woman
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>>
>>
>>> Eileen;
>>> So you are saying it is best to let the lumps flow into my knitting
>>> as best as I can.  I was not sure if the outcome was supposed to be
>>> lumpy or not.  I think it is supposed to be lumpy and soft.
>>>
>>> Terry P.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Eileen Scrivani [mailto:etscrivani at verizon.net]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:23 AM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>>>
>>> Terry:
>>>
>>> It's in the nature of these buccle yarns to "bunch" up like that if
>>> you pull with too much tension while knitting.  Both the Lion Brand
>>> Home Spun & the Lion Brand Buccle yarns are examples of similar types
>>> of yarn that can do the exact same thing.  I suspect that they are
>>> all spun very loosely that is what makes them so soft to the touch,
>>> so if you pull the working yarn with too much tension it will happen
>>> with all of them.  I am a very tight knitter so even when I make the
>>> effort to handle those yarns more gently it can happen.  If I find it
>>> occurring I just gently take my fingers on the working strand of yarn
>>> and push the bunching fibers towards the knitting needle so it will
>>> even up and get knit into the project.  Try not to push it down
>>> towards the ball because then the bunch will just get worse.  I don't
>>> know if this is the best way or if there are other ways of dealing
>>> with it, but it works for me.
>>>
>>> Honestly, I have not yet received my order of the Circus yarn, but
>>> based on the description, I am anticipating it is going to be a
>>> nubby, soft buccle yarn and will have these characteristics.
>>>
>>> Eileen
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:28 AM
>>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a question about this yarn for Eileen and Linda and anyone
>>>> else who has had experience with it.
>>>> You know how you find all these lumps in the yarn, I have found thay
>>>> will slide down the length of the yarn and make my current yarn, you
>>>> might say, smooth.  I am wondering if I should be doing this or am I
>>>> damaging the yarn, before it is to late.  I have done about six
>>>> inches of the scarf.  I just do not know how to handle the bumps,
>>>> especially when they move and collect in clusters.
>>>> thanks for any advice.
>>>>
>>>> terry P.
>>>>
>>>>
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