[Nfb-krafters-korner] Plastic camvis

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Do you have a computer at home?
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 7/20/2011 10:24:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Terry.Powers at nih.gov writes:

I only  have computer access during work hours.  DORS has not worked with 
me to  set up a home account or show me how to access my work e-mail from 
home.   

Terry


-----Original Message-----
From:  Blindhands at aol.com [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 20,  2011 9:30 AM
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Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] Plastic camvis

Terry,

Do you have access  to a computer in the evening or on weekends?

Joyce   Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)  
Blindhands at AOL.com   


In a message dated 7/19/2011  9:02:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
Terry.Powers at nih.gov  writes:


Welcome Minh and Hi to Barb, Lindy and all others   interested;

My original book, on plastic camvis, was written, with  the  assistance of 
Verizon's For The Blind, long ago.  I think  someone else,  looking for the 
book, discovered that they are no longer  around.
Sheron  Hooley and I transfered the braille copy of the book,  back to 
text, on the  computer.  The original book has thermaform  diagrams.  I added 
descriptions for these diagrams.
The original book  uses numbers for both  rows and columns, defining the 
squares on the  camvis.  While teaching my  first two classes, my students and 
I  have come to a conclusion that it is  easier to understand, by defining  
the squares by using letters and numbers,  not just numbers.  The  extream 
corner would be A,1 instead of  1,1.

I am willing to teach  people in a class, one on one or by even  shairing 
tactual samples.   Some learn the best by being able to feal what  they are 
going to  accomplish.

Plastic camvis is a form of needle  point.  It is  done on a plastic grid.  
The big trick with plastic  camvis is  there are no, yes I said no, knots!  
You stitch over loose   pieces of yarn, along the back of your work, how 
easy!
It is a  combination  of different sized stitches and different textured 
yarns  and even chord.   I just discovered the sparcle chord, a few months  
ago 
and was able to create a  sparkling Christmas tree, a sparkiling  red heart 
and a sparkiling white snow  flake and more.  I love the  sparkle chord 
combined with a yarn  background.
You can also feal the  difference between chord and yarn.
It  is an endless world of  creativity.  I was thinking of how I might be 
able  to add beads to  create decorations on a Christmas tree, but now I 
found the  sparkling  chord, my decorated tree has been created!  The chord is a 
bit  hard  to work with for a beginner.  It likes to twist and you have to  
keep  flattening it out for a neet look of your work.

Terry   Powers


Theresa L. Powers (Terry)
Grants Clerk
Tobacco  Control  Research Branch
NIH/NCI/DCCPS/BRP/TCRB/DEAS
6130 Executive  Blvd, MSC  7337
EPN 4039B
Bethesda, MD 20892-7337

Rockville,  MD 20852-7337  (express mail)

Phone: 301-496-8584
FAX:  301-496-8675
E-mail:   terry.powers at nih.gov<mailto:terry.powers at nih.gov>


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