[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles

Wed Jun 23 20:09:14 UTC 2010

Ah, Lynda. Braille works amazingly well with electronics. As a very visual
learner, I find it so much easier to "read" something in braille that I need
to know specifics on than it is to listen to it.

I currently braille out my patterns for knitting. I cut apart each of the
lines and keep them on a ring that I can flip through. A paper clip marks
which line I am on in case I drop them or they flip around in my bag.
Personally, I would go crazy if I had to knit listening to an audio version
of the pattern.

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> River Woman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 4:26 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] needles
> 
> 
> Eileen,
> Mostly, it is when I have dropped a stitch that I get messed 
> up and have not 
> been able to recover it. Then, I take it to the gym where my 
> friend fixes it 
> for me. I do want to be able to do this again by myself. I gave up on 
> Braille as I just do not see it as something that I need to 
> do. I learned 
> the alpahabet and then took course 1 through Hadley, and then 
> into course 2 
> decided it was a waste of my time since I do everything with 
> electronics. Lynda Lynda Lambert River Road Studio, Since 
> 1976 www.lyndalambert.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] needles
> 
> 
> >I had partial sight for a very long time, but I was never 
> able to see 
> >well  enough to see knitting when I learned it -- so I guess 
> I got used to using
> > touch to know what I was doing.   If you practice, it isn't 
> hard to feel
> > what is going on.  I consider myself very visual as I visualize the
> > stitches
> > in my mind, but I identify them by touch.
> > I'm sure you can do it it (I'm a lousy braille reader, and 
> I have a hard
> > time identify tactile graphics and pictures, but with 
> knitting, I know 
> > what
> > it is supposed to look like, and so it isn't hard to find 
> where I am and
> > what needs to be done.)
> >
> > Happy krafting.
> > --le
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
> > To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] needles
> >
> >
> > Hi Eileen,
> > I have been an avid knitter for many years, since about 8 
> years old. 
> > But since my sight loss, I have not ventured into the hard 
> stuff, as I 
> > do not know how to FIX a mistake and have to take it to a 
> friend for 
> > help. Before , I used to be able to fix most anyting, but 
> not now. So, 
> > I need to begin to be more adventurous and this will get me going.
> >
> > I live in a rural area, no local yarn shops - closest one 
> is 30 miles
> > away.
> > I will probably order one on line.
> > Do you have a date for the class - so I can put it on my 
> calendar. And, if 
> > I
> > need to do anything before the class to be prepared, please 
> let me know.
> > When will we sign up for the class, do you know?
> >
> > Lynda
> > Lynda Lambert
> > River Road Studio, Since 1976
> > www.lyndalambert.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> > To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] needles
> >
> >
> >> Lynda:
> >>
> >> You can sometimes get the size 000 needles at local yarn 
> shops, but 
> >> they might have to special order them for you.  They are 
> used mostly 
> >> for lace knitting and with very fine yarn so I suppose 
> this frightens 
> >> a lot of people away from them.  I suppose to that since they 
> >> probably aren't huge sellers yarn shops don't normaly 
> stock them.  If 
> >> your local yarn shop can't get them then go through 
> Pattern Works.  
> >> We will not actually be knitting with them, but I find 
> them to be a 
> >> useful tool in a number of ways.
> >>
> >> Eileen
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------------
> >> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 11:55 AM
> >> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
> >> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] needles
> >>
> >>> Size 000, OH My Word!  That is downright frightening. I am up for 
> >>> it...haha. Will get the needls and thatns for the heads up in 
> >>> advance. Lynda
> >>>
> >>> Lynda Lambert
> >>> River Road Studio, Since 1976
> >>> www.lyndalambert.com
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> >>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 11:18 AM
> >>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] needles
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I know I am jumping the gun here, but Eileen is giving a class in 
> >>>>September  on how to do a life line.  Patternworks does have the 
> >>>>needle she is  suggesting and I thought if anyone was 
> poking around 
> >>>>a yarn shop this  summer and
> >>>> wanted to check picking one of these up I would give you 
> the info:
> >>>>
> >>>> Abbey 40 inch circular needle size 000   price is: $18
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Joyce  Kane
> >>>> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> >>>> Blindhands at AOL.com 
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