[Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?

Sun May 16 01:14:23 UTC 2010

Hi Jewell, 

Another thing I picked up from your message is that you don't think you can sew because you are blind.  Several of us on this list sew and would be happy to give you some tips.  It seems that most crafts are accessible to us and it is interesting to hear what others are doing.  

Sue 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Annette Carr 
  To: 'List for blind crafters and artists' 
  Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?

  Hi Jewell,

  Welcome to the group.  I will start out by telling you that I know nothing
  about knitting machines, but the topic has caught my attention.  The other
  thing that caught my attention is the statement you made about not liking to
  be idle in reference to how your vision and hearing loss effects you.  

  I was born legally blind and have now just about lost all functional vision
  due to RP and a few other things.  I also have a hearing loss that was
  detected when I was six, but I did not require the assistance of hearing
  aids until 30 years later. 

  I learned to knit when I was 7 and to crochet when I was in high school.
  Once out of high school, I did not have much time for crafts, so it has only
  been over the past 10 plus years that I have picked up my needles.  I think
  one motivator behind this is that I am afraid of being idle when I get to
  the point of not having functional hearing.  It is my hope that my hands
  will hold up to the task and that my neuropathy will not limit me.  It has
  limited me in being able to read braille so I have to rely on audio.  I will
  have a large void in my life when I get to the point of not being able to
  listen to books and other material.  

  It is nice to know that there is someone else who thinks along the same
  lines as I do.  Again, welcome to the group.
  Annette

  -----Original Message-----
  From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewell Boll
  Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 12:29 PM
  To: List for blind crafters and artists
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?

  Hi Becky,

  Thanks for responding to my inquiry.  I have been looking for someone to
  help me with my machine for a very long time. Then I heard of this blind
  craft list from the Wisconsin Office of the blind. What a stroke of luck.

  I will tell you a little about myself.  I have Ushers syndrome which is a
  progressive vision and hearing impairment.  I have light perception and wear
  two hearing aids. I do pretty well hearing one on one, but find it more
  difficult in social settings, thus I am becoming more homebound.

  I live in Sheboygan, which is located midway between Milwaukee and Green bay
  on the western shores of Lake Michigan. I love to spin my own yarn and have
  woven two rugs on a 4 shaft loom in a simple twill pattern.  I hand knit and
  have a bulky machine with ribber.  I am not sure if it is a singer or a
  Studio.  I bought it in the late 1980s when I could no longer sew, which was
  my passion at that time.  I never really made anything on it, because I was
  not able to get any proper training on it.  I tried to teach myself by
  reading the manual, but it was difficult.  I main problem is getting a piece
  started without it falling off the needles. I also didn't know of a source
  to get patterns. I hope you will be willing to guide me so I can master this
  craft.

  When I was in my forties, I knew that I would eventually be blind.  My
  greater fear was not the blindness, but being idle.  I need to be busy.  I
  am also hoping to find someone who weaves, because I am not challenged by
  doing simple rugs on the loom.  I would like to do more creative and
  challenges projects, but the problem is that weaving patterns are in graph
  form and my screen reader will not read this format.

  Please tell me a little about yourself and where you live.

  Jewell 

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