[Nfb-krafters-korner] strange tool

[Susan Roe]

Yes, I have seen them for thread.  My mother-in-law had one like that.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] strange tool


> Yes, that sounds like a larger version of what I was thinking of. The one 
> I had was smaller, used a thread rather than yarn, and had thinner 
> material, but the idea sounds the same pretty much.
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> On Mar 6, 2012, at 5:22 PM, "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Becky,
>>
>> It sounds like a tool I have called a punch hook.  Mine does not have the 
>> blue stopper on the shaft.  Does the shaft have a pointed tip below the 
>> hole?  My tool you thread your yarn through a hole close to the handle, 
>> down through the shaft and through the second handle.  I took colored 
>> burlap material and stretched it over a square or rectangular wooden 
>> frame and tacked it snug in the back.  You then took the threaded tool 
>> and punched it through the material and then pulled it bac out again and 
>> this left a loop of your yarn on the other side.  You then could make 
>> designs, make pictures that had a rug like quality which could also be 
>> further sculpted by trimming the loop ends shorter to add texture.
>>
>> Once you were done, you then removed the material from the frame, added a 
>> backing and could make a pillow, fit a piece of that thicker stiff poster 
>> board and hang it on the wall or even make multiple pieces for a rug or 
>> larger wall hanging.  I learned to do this at the Virginia Rehab Center 
>> for the Blind in Richmond.
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Becky Frankeberger" 
>> <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
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>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:45 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] strange tool
>>
>>
>>>
>>> You know how you collect tools, then forget what they are and what you 
>>> do
>>> with them.
>>>
>>> I have a german made tool I remember using to make crochet material as a
>>> young one.  it is kind of the length of a crochet hook.  But instead of 
>>> a
>>> hook it has an eye like a thick sewing needle.  The handle is blue. Then 
>>> a
>>> straight one inch piece of metal, then a red plastic collar, then 
>>> another
>>> inch of metal with the metal tear drop shaped hole where the yarn 
>>> threaded
>>> through.   .
>>>
>>> Any idea what this is, and how do I use it.
>>>
>>> Seems to me it was bought from a tv commercial.
>>>
>>> Becky Frankeberger
>>> Butterfly Knitting
>>>
>>> Custom-made knit throws, shawls, and more!
>>>
>>> Phone: 360-426-8389
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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