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

Tue Feb 21 18:58:15 UTC 2012

Great a smiley pillow, a heart pillow with love on it!  There are many, many things we can create!
A pretty butterfly.  A beautiful horse!

Terry P.

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From: Neva Fairchild [mailto:nevafairchild at verizon.net] 
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Do-it-yourself latch hook

I like the idea of words. I worked out a letter design 40 years ago on graph paper that I then used as a pattern for a latch hook rug, but that was at a time when I had a lot more vision than I do now. I can see Joy or Believe or other simple phrases to inspire and encourage. Smile with black letters on a bright yellow background with a smiley face would be great.

Neva Fairchild
972 416-7039 

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From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lindy van der Merwe
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 9:54 AM
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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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Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Do-it-yourself latch hook

> 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-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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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