[Nfb-krafters-korner] Do-it-yourself latch hook

Mon Feb 20 21:13:06 UTC 2012

Kathy,

Actually I prefer it done the way you did it.  As I rewrite Theresa's  
directions for myself when she has a number of the same color and type of beads  
in a row.  Easier for me to go thru and write my notes so I can work thru  
faster.

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

In a message dated 2/20/2012 8:19:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:

Joyce,

You press the star button and it displays the entire  pattern on your screen
and then, yes you can copy it into a file to keep. I  have just finished
writing out the pattern with my sister, we began work on  this before I new
this pattern program had text available. My pattern for  the flower pup will
be different than the program output because I simply  write the 
instructions
row by row and do not list column and row for each  piece of yarn. Also if
there are three light gold yarns in a row in the  pattern for example, I 
will
write 3lgl to indicate that instead of writing  the full name of the color
out three times.

My sister and I enjoyed  our time typing up the pattern, we had a lot of 
time
to chat in between  rows, and yet we believe the pattern is accurate as it
can be without a  computer doing the work.

Cathy

-----Original  Message-----
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:38  PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  Do-it-yourself latch hook

Mike,

So after reading your chart in  your email that was for 1 row.  Does it  
print the whole file  out with all the rows and columns?  Can you copy this
and 
put it  in say a word file to read?

I amIf you did the flower pup isn't that  one of the kits we are doing the  
class with?  So Kathy do you  have to go thru writing up the color chart in 

words or can you use  this?

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

In a message dated 2/19/2012 10:59:55 A.M. Eastern Standard  Time,  
flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:

Hi   Michael,

Ok, I followed your instructions and uploaded my mystery   picture and was
able to view my instructions. This is really amazing!  All  of the colors 
now
listed by row and column!

I did  notice that  the chart is written beginning from top right left,  and
since projects are  normally done from the bottom left, I would  need to 
begin
at the bottom  right and move toward the left side  to achieve the picture. 

Wonder  what I have a picture of  anyhow?  I do know it is from my trip  to
Seattle this past  summer. Wish I'd labeled the   files!

Cathy

-----Original Message-----
From:   nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]   On Behalf Of Michael 
Baldwin
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 1:22  AM
To:  'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner]  Do-it-yourself latch hook

Cathy,
Hi,  There is an asterisk link after  the Print / view your project! ]  link
that brings  up the text.
After you upload your photo, find  the  Print / view your project! ] link 
then
down arrow  once  more with jaws. It will just say link unless you have it 
set
to  read  the punctuation. Hit enter on that and it brings up the text.  It
will look  something like this. Instructions are from a flower pup  image I
uploaded  from amazon.com.

Your custom latch hook  project  (leftsource.com).

Created February 18, 2012, 10:19 pm  with  reference number 1329632302.

Important note: row 1 is the  top of  the project, and column 1 is the left
side of the  project.

Row  1 Column 1 301-White
Row 1 Column 2  301-White
Row 1 Column 3  301-White
Row 1 Column 4 301-White
Row  1 Column 5 301-White
Row 1  Column 6 301-White
Row 1 Column 7  303-Ivory
Row 1 Column 8  326-Turquoise
Row 1 Column 9  326-Turquoise
Row 1 Column 10  326-Turquoise
Row 1 Column 11  326-Turquoise
Row 1 Column 12  326-Turquoise
Row 1 Column 13  326-Turquoise
Row 1 Column 14  326-Turquoise
Row 1 Column 15  326-Turquoise

-----Original  Message-----
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]   On Behalf Of Cathy
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 19:00
To: 'List  for  blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner]  Do-it-yourself latch hook

Latch hook making  program

Hi  Michael,

This program was quite interesting and  has potential, but it  can not work
for a totally blind person without  assistance at this  point.

My sister and brother-in-law uploaded a  picture of their cat in  front of
their Xmas tree. They were able to  choose how many colors they  wanted in 
the
pattern and what size  they wanted the canvas to be. the file  they 
downloaded
of the  latch hook pattern for the cat was quite good and  had a chart  
showing
what square to put each color in. They commented to me   that if they'd had 
a
better picture of the cat and tree, the pattern   probably would have been
even nicer and if they'd asked to have more  than  twelve colors the picture
would have looked even more realistic.  As it was,  my sister was quite
excited by the possibilities for using  the program for  herself and wants 
to
take a picture of her family and  make a latch hook rug  of it. this was the
woman who has told me up  till  now that she does  not want to do any  
crafts
anymore.

Anyhow, my brother-in-law sent me  a text copy  of the pattern. It listed 
all
the colors in words for me with a   graphic and a letter of the alphabet to
represent what each color was.  The  letters representing each color were 
not
intuitive in that the  color forest  green was the letter A instead of 
perhaps
FG and the  color silver was B  instead of perhaps SL. Then I was given the
yarns  per inch of the project  and  was also given the size of the project 

in
inches and then had to  math out how many rows I would have and  how many
yarns in each row.   No real problem, in this case it  was 5 yarns per inch
and per row, making  it 60 by 45 yarns for a 12"  by 9" project.

Then the real difficulty was  that the pattern was  simply written out with 
a
graphic next to a letter in  the alphabet  corresponding to each color. for
example: a c a a a b d f I  and so  on. 

I was unable to determine where one row ended and the next   row began and 
of
course I could not remember which letter of the  alphabet  stood for each
color.

This is a wonderful tool for a  sighted person  to make their own latch hook
picture and for any one  who has some one  sighted who can help them to read
the chart. You buy  blank or lined canvas  and your own yarn and hook and 
away
you  can  go.

Cathy
-----Original Message-----
From:   nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]   On Behalf Of Michael 
Baldwin
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 9:24  PM
To:  'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject:  [Nfb-krafters-korner]  Do-it-yourself latch hook

Hi,
A  while back I posted a site where  you could upload your own picture  and
turn it into a latch hook  pattern.
Well, The site owner has  made a small change. You can now get the  pattern 
in
text  output.

http://www.leftsource.com/

There is a  star right  after the print link after you have uploaded a 
picture
that will   give you the text output. I am looking to get some feed back on 

it
and  compile it all to send to the site owner.

You can  upload any picture  you want for now for test purposes. Some of  
the
image stuff will still need  to be done by those with site, but  this should
at least make it a little  easier.

I think it is  pretty cool he has even done this much. Please  check it out
and let  me know what you   think.

Thanks,
Michael
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