[Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

Annette Carr amcarr1 at verizon.net
Wed Apr 9 12:42:28 UTC 2014 

You need to hang out in the Fine Arts department.  Make friends with an
interior or fashion designer.

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of minh ha
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 11:00 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

My mom is the main person I use to go yarn shopping with and she is
absolutely terrible at describing colors. Most of our trips just end up with
both of us frustrated and me never wanting to pick out yarn again. lol. Her
eyesight is going bad too so colors don't appear like what it really is. I
need to find a friend here on campus who enjoy knitting and go with them to
pick out yarn.



On 4/8/14, Blindhands at aol.com <Blindhands at aol.com> wrote:
> Man I hear you loud and clear on this one.  That is what I would do  
> with John around.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 4/8/2014 9:36:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> cobaltblueheron at gmail.com writes:
>
> Hahaha,  I have found I need to take a consensus on colors.  What my 
> husband sees as purple, my daughter sees as pink.  Really?  So,  then 
> I run it by a few more people to get a consensus as to what the true  
> color is.
>
>
> Dixie
> @-> ~ <-@
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner  
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Henrietta  Brewer
> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9:14 PM
> To: List for blind crafters  and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting  eyes
>
> Oh, try asking a few friends for help with color. then you are not  
> only confused but very likely to hurt all but one of them when you 
> make  your decision. lol
>
> Last summer i decided to assessorize the main  bathroom with new 
> colors. My
>
> x
> sister in law suggested teel. We bought two  rugs in teel an a few towels.
> the rugs curled up and surely can't be in  Dan's bathroomWent out to 
> find more rugs and shower curtain. Nothing that  was near the towels. 
> Oh, well, you can always use hand towels.
>
> Well, was out with my daughter, Janet and she found a navy shower  
> curtain that would work well on dan's special shower. No rugs that 
> were the  same navy. all the navy we find has a green tint this year. 
> Well, up  against the shower curtain anyhow.
>
> so, my friend, Joyce took me out  and she decided a light blue looked 
> good with the navy. we got one rug  forgetting the one right outside 
> of the shower which is most important. Got  a few more towels and went 
> home. Several times friends have taken me out to  find a shower mat to 
> match that light blue.
> Actually, cornflower blue.  Nothing!!! Plus Janet was here tonight and 
> wondered what made Joyce think  that blue even matched. lol I figured 
> out that Joyce suggested tan and I  turned my blind nose up to that. 
> Tan is boring!!!
>
> Well, Janet took  the towels, at least I didn't use these and the rug 
> back and I am sure she  will come home with tan.
>
> Now, I see a few friends thinking, "why should  I bother taking her 
> out if she just uses something else?". and I still have  the problem 
> with my dissapointment with plain boring tan. I never thought  the day 
> would come that I would hate color.
> Henrietta
> On Apr 8,  2014, at 4:08 PM, Cathy wrote:
>
>> 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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