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

Wed Jun 23 22:24:12 UTC 2010

Congratulations!  Keep it up.  That is a lot of hard work.

Marianne Denning
----- 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: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles

> That should have been doubt.
> Ready to leave and go shopping!
> Lost 2.2 lbs with weight watchers this week.  A total of 52.2 and pluss 
> the 9 I lost before I started, I have reached 61.2!
> I am almost to small for Catherines, any more.
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:34 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles
>
> Did you ever think of a note taker.  Then you would have voice and 
> refreshable braille.  The braille is more distinct than regular braille. 
> If you were in dought of a symbol, you could check it with the speech.  I 
> have been reading braille since second grade and do not know where I would 
> be with out it.  I love braille.
> I have my helmit pattern on the computer and one embossed copy at home. 
> If the braille copy gets lost or damaged, I can emboss another copy to 
> follow.
> It is only recently, I am learning to emboss, and I love it!
>
> Terry P.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slery [mailto:slerythema at insightbb.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:09 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles
>
> 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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