[Nfb-krafters-korner] latch hook rugsRe:

[Theresa Taylor]

Greg,
That is exactly it. The thickness of the piece of wood is determined by 
wrapping yarn and measuring the groove. I just checked and my mom said that 
this was actually made by my dad to help me use up yarn. I was a young teen 
and newly blind and so my dad loved to find ways to help.
Email me off list if you have more questions. I know it is a great way to 
use up bits of yarn and especially if you want to make a crazy quilt 
pattern.
Theresa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] latch hook rugsRe:


> 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>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> 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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