[Nfb-krafters-korner] life line

Sun Jan 15 00:43:31 UTC 2012

Cathy, Before you go out and buy a spool of weed whacker string/cable/wire
(or whatever you want to call it, ask someone you know if they could give
you a length of it.  I'm guessing a piece 12 inches longer than the width of
your project.

JoAnn, how do you determine the length you are going to use?

Annette

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cathy
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 2:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] life line

Annette,

Oh, weed whacker! Now I have heard of those for certain! They are a constant
racket in my neighborhood each summer. I never actually looked at one, so
thanks for the description of how it cuts with a wire instead of a blade. So
I can go to the hardware store and purchase replacement weed whacker wire!
Got it! <grin>
I'd figure the weed whacker wire would be a better choice than circular
needles in that you could cut it to any length you want. 

Cathy

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Annette Carr
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 7:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] life line

There is a machine used for trimming weeds called a weed whacker.  It uses a
string on a mechanism that spins very fast instead of a blade to cut the
weeds.  

HTH,
Annette

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Powers, Terry
(NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:16 PM
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I wondered the same, but to busy with my new toy!

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy [mailto:flowersandherbs at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 3:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] life line

JoAnn wrote:

"I am using weed eater for my life line."

I've done a lot of gardening but haven't anything to eat my weeds! In other
words, what is this weed eater line? 

Cathy

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of artist
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?

I am a hand knitter.  I am using weed eater line for my lifeline.    It 
works well  and is stiff enough to thread through and flexible enough to use

with circular needles and large pieces you might be working on.  I can make
it any length I want to accommodate the width of my piece.  JoAn.
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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: Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?

> If I remember correctly, you use a size zero or double zero knitting 
> needle.  It feals just like the cable between 2 circular needles.
> While your stitches are on the needle slide the thin needle through 
> all your stitches.  After knitting a few rows, 5 or 10, it is up to 
> you, remove the

> needle.  Replace it in the current row of your work.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Melisa Loutfi [mailto:m.n.r.loutfi at att.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:23 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>
> Teri,
>
> I also became blind recently. I am interested in learning the lifeline 
> method that you discussed below. I have used something similar in the 
> past

> to preserve stitches before ripping out. I would run a darning needle 
> with

> thread  through each stitch in the row below the problem row. Then I 
> could

> rip back.
>
> In the lifeline method, is the knitter  to insert a cable through a 
> stitches as the row is being knitted as a safety precaution?
>
> Melisa Loutfi
> On Jan 11, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] wrote:
>
>> Linda;
>> Get your friend to teach you about using a life line so you can take 
>> out errors and not lose your work.  We had some discussion about it, 
>> maybe a year or so, ago.  You put a thin cable through your stitches 
>> and every 5 or 10 stitches, you move the cable up your work, to hold 
>> your stitches, while you work, some more.  If you have to take out 
>> stitches, the cable will prevent your stitches from running past that
point in your work.
>> I understand the consept, but am not any good at the method.
>>
>> Terry P.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:28 AM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>>
>> Though I have been a knitter for about 60 years, doing it 
>> non-visuaolly is an enormous challenge for me. I have a very hard 
>> time even when doing double yarn overs. Right now, I am working on a 
>> shawl that has them every

>> 6th row - and I have quite a few that I have lost and did not know it 
>> till it was too late to work them in - so, on this shawl, when I am 
>> finished, I will put some nice crystal beads here and there, 
>> beginning with all the places where I have lost stitches. I have tied 
>> them with a strand of yarn, and so I know where they are - when the 
>> shawl is done with the knitting part, I will put some crystals and 
>> pearsl here and there all over the shawl. I hope this will be a nice 
>> detail - but it has certainly grown out of my inability to FIX 
>> mistakes. Most mistakes, I cannot fix myself - even afer four years 
>> of working my butt offf to re-learn how to knit again. Fortunately, I 
>> have a very good friend who responds to me calls for "Knitting 
>> Emergency" help. I do not, and never will have that sense of touch 
>> that a long time blind person has had since

>> childhood. My brain is still VISUAL, and I imagine it will always be 
>> that

>> way. I am still a visual learner regardless of the fact I cannot see 
>> what

>> I am knitting.
>>
>> I understand all things visually, not through touch. Trying to FIX my 
>> knitting boo boos through touch is not working very well at all. I 
>> can do

>> it somewhat, but not well.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lovette Yewchan" <lyewchan at telus.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 10:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>>
>>
>>> I suppose tube socks would work but wondered about the heel ones.  
>>> He instep picking up etc. sounds too complicate for me at this point.
>>> Lovette
>>>
>>> On 2012-01-09, at 5:11 PM, River Woman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lovette, I have the same dilemma. I  used to make socks whe I could 
>>>> see but now I cannot do it. I would really love to make them again, 
>>>> but I just end up with a mess now - I would love some ideas on how 
>>>> to do them in a way that I could manage. Lynda
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lovette Yewchan"
>>>> <lyewchan at telus.net>
>>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 6:26 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It is wool ease size 2.75 MM needles recommended.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2012-01-09, at 10:02 AM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What type of yarn do you have for these socks?  Without weight of 
>>>>>> yarn no idea what to advise for you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joyce  Kane
>>>>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
>>>>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In a message dated 1/9/2012 12:41:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
>>>>>> lyewchan at telus.net writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi  there. I have soome sockease wool and want to make socks but 
>>>>>> the pattern on  the paper is too hard for me. DOes someone know 
>>>>>> of a beginner sock pattern  that would not be too hard?  Thanks.
>>>>>> Lovette
>>>>>>
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