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

Tue Jun 22 12:44:04 UTC 2010

Hi, I am with you, Cindy. I have knitted a dish cloth from the 
computer but it sure confined me.  I tried the stream and gave it up 
within three rows. My braille flip books do the trick.  Sometimes I 
tie them through the hole with a pretty ribbon or matching yarn.

Not all people can learn braille, especially if they need it after 
they are a bit older. My Brother just can't feel the braille.  He is 
a master at verbal dirredcctions.  My Dad always struggled too. Of 
course, helived during the reel to reel tape time so he worked at it 
harder then my Brother. lol

HenriettaAt 04:09 PM 6/23/2010, you wrote:
>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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