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

Lindy van der Merwe stephlin at iafrica.com
Wed Feb 22 08:32:52 UTC 2012 

Hi Terry, I was wondering, would one be able to use this latch hook program 
to do a flat design on plastic canvas? I haven't done plastic canvas work, 
except once or twice as a child, and then we just used one colour yarn to 
fill a plastic canvas square to make a small mat. I remember our teacher did 
the edges with a sort of blanket stitch.
If one does a straight stitch where you work in a line and in the direction 
the latch hook pattern suggests, might it work, or will it be a problem if 
you need to do little patches of colours, only one or two stitches at a 
time?Just wondering?
Lindy

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Do-it-yourself latch hook


> 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.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neva Fairchild [mailto:nevafairchild at verizon.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:05 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> 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-----
>> 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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