[Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

I start out by asking what the title is on the yarn.  
I was just working with azailia.  An azaailia is a bright flower, to me.  Then I might ask, if I could not tell my self, what color is it.  It is pink.  Is it a multi?  Its different shades of bright pink.

Some yarn titles have the color hidden in their title.
Cobalt blue
I can never remember the difference between oatmeal and barley.  In my mind they both are a lite tan or creamy color.

I ended up taking home 3 scains of charcoal instead of black.  Someone said they were black and I thought they looked odd in the store, but until I put them up against the real black, I could not tell.  See, even the sighted make mistakes.  This lady wants to do transcribing and might join our NFB chapter and who knows, maybe our group, some day!
I never told her about the error.  I wanted the friendship, instead!

Terry P.



-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy [mailto:flowersandherbs at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 4:09 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

Joyce,
Yes, some sighted folks have the knack of identifying colors and some do not. some folks know easily if two colors go together while others are clueless. I used to ask my daughter to identify what colors things were for me till I realized the hopelessness of doing so. Here is a typical conversation smile.
Me: what color is this?
Her: blue.
Me: what shade?
Her: medium I guess.
Me: is it a plain blue or perhaps blue/green or blue/violet?
Her: <large sigh> I don't know mom, it is blue ok?

Why it is most frustrating is that I was good at seeing the subtleties of color before losing my sight, despite the fact that I had very little sight. so it is difficult for me to understand how someone can't do this. The closest I can get to it is that I can't taste individual spices in food.
Food is either spicy or plain. Just plain red or blue! <smile>

Even more perplexing is that my daughter can match colors and know what goes together and what does not look right. Maybe she just doesn't have the words, or maybe just doesn't have the patience.
Cathy F



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