[Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

[Blindhands at aol.com]

It is not easy finding someone who has the words and the patience and knows 
 crafting.  When you find that person hold on to them.
 
My Mom does not know how to explain colors, crafting, quilting, etc.   She 
is a quilter that needs and goes by a pattern.  She I don't think  handles 
colors or maybe I should say imagine or can picturize things in her mind  as 
well as I do.  She is the crafter, knitter, quilter, sewer, but she  needs 
patterns to go by.
 
I do have a friend that is the best with fabrics and colors, but with her  
busy working life we don't get much time to hang together and do the 
crafting  stuff.    She is the one that we go up to New Hampshire to  Keepsake 
Quilting and the yarn shop there and we do go to Web's Yarn now and  then.  
Maybe we need a road trip.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 4/8/2014 4:09:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:

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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