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

Thu Jun 24 12:39:19 UTC 2010

Thanks everyone for the good advice! I appreciate it very much. Lynda

Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles

> 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
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>> > >>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
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