[Nfb-krafters-korner] Thoughts On Hooking Rugs: Was Re: VI/Blind and crafting

[Theresa Taylor]

Thanks Pam! Welcome! I do agree about the canvas. I have one that is a teddy 
bear sitting on a Christmas present and it was a kit, but the canvas was 
very flimsy and some of my vertical rows started to loosen and then it 
caused these big gaps. I definitely like the thicker canvas. I have done 
some huge rugs and it is very fullfilling, but a project I need to keep 
coming back to.
What other crafts do you enjoy?
Theresa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Drake" <pamdrake at drakelroy.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:53 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Thoughts On Hooking Rugs: Was Re: VI/Blind 
and crafting


> Hello, All!
>
> I have just joined this list.  I thought the following information might 
> be of help to those interested in latch hooking.
>
> It has been several years now but I have done, and truly enjoyed rug 
> hooking.  I have an old copy of "Row Upon Row", which, as Lauren says, was 
> done by Marie Porter at the Catholic Guild For The Blind in Chicago.  The 
> name was later shortened to Guild For The Blind.
>
> I Googled and visited the site and found no reference to any Braille 
> publications.  I also read that they will be moving in February of this 
> year.
>
> Below is the contact information including current and new street 
> addresses.  The phone will remain the same.  You might want to contact 
> them to see whether or not their Braille and craft books are still 
> available for purchase through them.  If not, it sounds as though the book 
> mentioned below may well be the same one.
>
> As for buying and sorting yarns, it has been a while.  I bought individual 
> packages of pre-cut yarn in my desired colors.  I put small Braille labels 
> with the name of each color and put them inside zippered food storage 
> bags.  I went to a yarn shop rather than a large chain store, and asked 
> the clerks to hand me the various       packets which I then put into the 
> bags with appropriate Brailled color name slips.  Perhaps not the most 
> efficient method for today's faster-paced commerce, but it worked well at 
> the time and might still be a good idea if buying at a small shop with 
> Staff willing to take the time to identify the colors.
>
> I made several projects but was put off by a disappointing incident which 
> probably shouldn't have bothered me, but was frustrating enough to do so.
>
> The last time I bought yarn for a particular pattern the clerks offered to 
> give me a piece of canvas, though I was perfectly willing to pay.  The 
> canvas was limp; and I was too inexperienced to realize that, being so 
> limp, the canvas did not stand up well to my less than smooth strokes of 
> the hook.  The holes became misshapen.  AS I worked it became harder and 
> harder to locate the individual squares, and attempts to properly align 
> the stitches resulted in snags that caused larger and larger holes.  It 
> got so bad I grew tired of fighting; and ended up setting the work aside, 
> never to touch again.
>
> I have moved a couple of times since then and the last time I looked for 
> my poor rug I could not find it.  I have thought of ripping out the 
> stitches and starting over but have yet to do so.
>
> I would advise anyone wishing to do latch hook projects not to make the 
> mistake I made.  Make sure the canvas you use is stiff enough to hold your 
> hook as you draw it through the holes.
>
> As for me, perhaps through the list I will be inspired to find the pattern 
> again and start over.
>
> The Guild For The Blind can be contacted at:
>
> Guild for the Blind
> 180 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1700
> Chicago, IL 60601
> tel:  312 236 8569
> fax: 312 236 8128
>
> Their physical address will change to:
> 65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 1010.
> Chicago, IL 60601
>
>
>
> I hope this info will be of help to someone.
>
> Pam Drake
>
>
>
> At 03:03 PM 1/11/2011, you wrote:
>>If volunteer braillist and tapists has it it is probably available through 
>>their lending library.
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Zimmer, Cindy" 
>><cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov>
>>To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:18 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] VI/Blind and crafting
>>
>>
>>>So I did a Google search and I found this on the  Braille Library & 
>>>Transcribing Services, Inc.formerly Volunteer Braillists & Tapists, Inc. 
>>>under the craft area.
>>>
>>>1456 Row Upon Row Porter, Marie, ed. 2 194
>>>
>>>Does that mean it is still available?
>>>
>>>Cindy Z.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>>[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren 
>>>Merryfield
>>>Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 11:38 PM
>>>To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] VI/Blind and crafting
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I think the author of "row upon row" was Marie Porter.
>>>Thanks
>>>Lauren
>
>
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