[Nfb-krafters-korner] latch hook rugsRe:

[NCBootman]

Theresa,

So, if I understood correctly, it is a stick which is about 15 inches long. 
On one side is a groove that you use as a guide to cut along after wrapping. 
That could be done with a router and my roommate can do that I'll bet. He'll 
just have to calculate to get I think 2.5 inches around! This is great.

Greg

-----Original Message----- 
From: Theresa Taylor
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 7:06 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] latch hook rugsRe:

My mom purchased this for me about 30 years ago...I think she bought it at a
small craft store in New England so they may have made them. I have never
seen it again and it is so helpful. I will see if there is any info written
on it.
Theresa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] latch hook rugsRe:


> Theresa,
>
> Is this measuring stick something you made or bought? I bet that would 
> work good and I could use up some yarn stache! I like the idea of 
> different lengths for depth.
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Theresa Taylor
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 12:36 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] latch hook rugsRe:
>
> Another tool that is handy for making your own patterns is a wooden
> measuring tool for cutting the yarn to the proper lenth. This tool is 
> about
> 15 inches long and it has a deep groove on one of the long edges. You take
> yarn and you wrap it flat around this piece of wood and then take scissors
> and cut down the groove and that gives you the right size yarn for latch
> hooking. I also use different lengths of yarn to help produce other 
> affects
> like a pasture with longer grass etc.
> Theresa
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 8:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] plastic canvas coasters
>
>
>> Susan,
>>
>> That's a good idea for the rug edges. Now, what do you do for patterns? 
>> I've thought about doing like an old fashioned patchwork rug where there 
>> are random blotcches of color and letting it all blend together. Like 
>> when they used to cut up clothes or whatever they had for the quilt.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Susan Roe
>> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 8:13 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] plastic canvas coasters
>>
>> Taking care of the rug hook edges is easy and you do it as you work. Fold
>> the edges so many squares over and you put your hook through two holes 
>> and
>> latch it together.
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 3:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] plastic canvas coasters
>>
>>
>>> Now maybe something like latch hook canvas is more the material for 
>>> things like ribbon and fabric. It is 3.75 holes per inch. To use ribbon, 
>>> it will have to be more like a cord or rolled up in a rope sort of for 
>>> plastic canvas which is 5 or 7 count won't it? I think standard plastic 
>>> canvas is 5. One caution about the latch hook canvas is that you will 
>>> have to finish the edge on the back somehow! If you don't, it will 
>>> unravel with use.
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Theresa Taylor
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 5:32 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] plastic canvas coasters
>>>
>>> There is a cool material that Carol found in Michigan known as t-shirt 
>>> cloth
>>> and it is called Jazz, and it is two thick for actual plastic canvas, 
>>> but in
>>> this light I wonder if there is a way to split it into smaller stripts 
>>> or
>>> use another type of fabric that is washable. The Jazz material is 
>>> awesome!
>>> Theresa
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Yvonne Alaniz" <yalaniz1 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 4:08 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] plastic canvas coasters
>>>
>>>
>>>> Oh, ribbon...  never thought about using ribbon.  That could get me 
>>>> into a lot of trouble lol.  I can see myself standing in the ribbon 
>>>> isle at hobby lobby now with a color id in one hand and a basket in the 
>>>> other full to the brim with all the pretty ribbon it can hold.  The 
>>>> reason I was asking about other materials for coasters is that I wanted 
>>>> something a bit more sturdy and stain resistant than yarn or fabric. 
>>>> Just not sure what kinds of materials might work.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Yvonne
>>>>
>>>> On 1/8/2011 4:04 PM, Theresa Taylor wrote:
>>>>> I don't know about the patterns or stiches, but I have seen different 
>>>>> tyeps of ribbon used. There is ribbon out there in so many textures 
>>>>> and forms that it adds an extra dimension of depth to the project. 
>>>>> Hope this helps!
>>>>> Theresa
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Alaniz" 
>>>>> <yalaniz1 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 9:56 AM
>>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] plastic canvas coasters
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to know if anyone has a pattern for canvas coasters?  I 
>>>>>> would also like to use something other than yarn for them.  Maybe 
>>>>>> some kind of wire or twine?  Having said that I could use some ideas 
>>>>>> about the count of canvas to use for such a project or a pattern that 
>>>>>> others have used and liked.  The only stitch I know how to use is the 
>>>>>> half cross stich.  Thanks for the help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yvonne
>>>>>>
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