[Nfb-krafters-korner] strange tool

[Susan Roe]

Well, that's a mystery to me!
Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] strange tool


> It is Not pointy at all on the end. I doubt anything could be punched.
>
> I seem to remember making a continuous knotting to make a fabric with this
> tool. The yarn when done with this tool was dense.
>
>
> Becky Frankeberger
> Butterfly Knitting
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Susan Roe
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:22 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] strange tool
>
> 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'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> 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
>> E-mail: becky at ButterflyKnitting.com
>> Website: www.ButterflyKnitting.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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