[Nfb-krafters-korner] Do-it-yourself latch hook
Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
Terry.Powers at nih.gov
Tue Feb 21 18:54:08 UTC 2012
I was thinking of making a design on plastic camvas and expanding it and making a latch hook rug.
Terry P.
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From: Lindy van der Merwe [mailto:stephlin at iafrica.com]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 10:54 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Do-it-yourself latch hook
I am thinking that, apart from converting photos of loved-ones, animals, landscapes, etc. less complex pictures like line drawing type images that would appeal to children might also work well?
I was thinking, for example, of something like red hearts on a lighter background, or a blue and red car, or different coloured butterflies on a blue background, etc.
I have come across lots of sites that offer fairly simple drawings, often as colouring pages that a child might like to colour in themselves before converting the pattern. Also, a picture with words or a name or similar might work as well.
Just my random thoughts on this, and we have not really talked about other types of crafts this could be applied to?
Lindy
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From: "Neva Fairchild" <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
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> This is amazing, and you're right, someone would have to check the image
> first, but I can see so many possibilities for this. Thanks for sharing
> and
> for getting them to add just that little bit of extra programming that
> makes
> it usable for us through text output.
>
>
> Neva Fairchild
> 972 416-7039
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
> Baldwin
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:27 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Do-it-yourself latch hook
>
> Hi,
> That was just an example, It does do every row and column. I don't think
> this would work completely for the flower pup. It was an image of Amazon I
> used, and without sited help, I don't know if it would be a picture of the
> packaging, or an actual picture of the latch hook. Unfortunately, we will
> probably need a pair of eyes to at least double check the image that is
> uploaded, but the fact this person went and programmed it to do text
> instructions is pretty cool.
>
> Michael
>
>
> -----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 18:38
> 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-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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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