[Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual visionin asewing class

Mon Sep 13 14:25:18 UTC 2010

Would a moder bike travel slower?  Can you ride the moder sycle at a slower spead.  It is just the ability of being able to ride, not the spead.

Terry P.

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From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net] 
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:22 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual visionin asewing class

I cannot imagine a blind person driving a motorcycle as you have to be on top of your game at every moment - everything is heightened, not anything like driving a car. You have to be able to constantly scan the road ahead of you for about 50 feet, make very agressive and quick decisions and turns, etc.  It is a skill that takes finesse and decisive moves constantly. My husband always wants to take me up to the shoping mall parking lot late at night so I can ride again...I think I will just be content with my knitting and beadworking and pottery making but sometimes I dream I am riding again and in all my dreams I am not visually impaired. Isn't that strange? I wonder if that will change in time. I see perfectly every night in my dreams...so I am only blind 1/2 the time,  when I am awake. Does that mean I am only 1/2 of a blind person?  Just wondering? (laugh) Lynda Lambert River Road Studio, Since 1976 www.lyndalambert.com
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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: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual visionin asewing class

> Linda;
> Take it to a empty parking lot and you could have fun with verbal 
> guidance.  I once drove a car off the road with a broken drive shaft 
> with my husband pushing.  You might say I steared it.  I even have 
> driven boats with verbal guidance. And of course I have driven bumper 
> cars.  I won third place and second place, twice, in the national braille car rally.
> They use race cars and the blind person reads directions to the race 
> car driver and you are timed! If there were better wramps and they 
> were brightly marked in yellow, I might take on the chalange of using 
> a scooter to get to the store.  It is just to dangerous.  I can not 
> imagine a blind person driving a car, like in the blind car chalange!
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 7:56 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual vision in 
> asewing class
>
> Joyce, you are such an inspiration. I love hearing you describe the 
> things you do and how you do them. You make me know I can do anything 
> I decide to do - of course I won't break the law and drive my 
> motorcycle any longer though..haha  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: Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual vision in 
> asewing class
>
>
>> Ed:
>>
>> I have no light perception and I truly love my sewing, quilting, 
>> sewing clothes for my Grand daughters besides knitting, crocheting, 
>> weaving candle making and whatever else hits my fancy in the crafting 
>> world.
>>
>> I use nothing fancy, but I have a plastic credit card masking taped 
>> to the bed of my sewing machine which is measured from my sewing 
>> machine needle
>> 1/4  inch.  I use quarter inch seam allowance on almost everything.
>> So if you want 5/8seam allowance securely tape something like a 
>> plastic credit card to  the bed of the machine.  By positioning the 
>> credit card approximately
>> 2
>> inches forward from the foot of the machine, but 5/8 inch to the 
>> right it will  extend back from the foot far enough.  I butt the 
>> fabric up against the plastic edge and this is my guide.I can keep my 
>> right hand and  feel the edges of the fabric moving guiding with the 
>> left fingers in front and  the right in back of the foot.I can feel 
>> the pins approaching the foot and stop them to remove them.  I use 
>> quilting pins to pin my seams together.
>> They
>>  are long with the large plastic heads.   They are easier to feel and 
>> pull
>> out before going under the needle of the  machine.
>>
>> Do you know that we have a blind teacher in Wisconsin that teaches 
>> home ec in the public school?  Her students are sighted.  She is a 
>> member of  NFB and I would suggest you get in touch with her and have 
>> her get in contact with this teacher.
>>
>> I need to look up her name.  If you are interested please email me 
>> and I will give you her contact information.
>>
>>
>> Joyce  Kane
>> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
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