[Nfb-krafters-korner] abacus stitch counter bracelet

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Hi Cathy --
Now that is a good idea -- wearing your abacus, kind of like a primitive 
calculator on your wrist...:)

A few comments/questions:
First, I understand the 2 horizontal bars and the 4 perpendicular ribbons 
with the beads.  However, this must be a different type of abacus than the 
one I learned back when I was a child.  The abacus I used had 5 beads on 
each column -- 4 for 1s, 1 for 5s, with a stopper separator between the 1s 
beads and the single 5 bead.
Then if there were 4 columns, which sounds similar to your bracelet, The 
maximum number would be 9999.
Once you learn the proper technique to use on the abacus, it really is a 
nice little calculator -- you can add/subtract/multiply/divid if you are 
really advanced.
Am I making sense?
I wonder if I could order one of these bracelets to see if it really works. 
Where did you order from?  It would be fun wearing that and doing 
calculations tactily.

Happy krafting!
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 5:36 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] abacus stitch counter bracelet


Hi all,



Another update:

I have just tightened the bracelet so that it will not slide around on my
wrist. Now I find that if I simply roll a bead with one finger I can move it
into place!  I simply hold my work in one hand, the one with the bracelet on
and move the beads with a finger of the other hand. Much easier to use now
and probably it shows that on the package! <smile>







Cathy



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