[Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

[Ramona Walhof]

For yarn info, I find reading labels helps immensely.  Many do not like to 
do it, and cannot find the right info, but reading can usually get what you 
need.  For verigated yarns, you may have to add some info.  I use old 
computer labels, write Braille on them,  stick them  on top of the yarn 
labels, and then I can generally remember what it is about the skein I want 
to know. I think you can use the pen friend that way, as well.
If clerks in stores cannot give you information from yarn labels, hopefully, 
they will be embarrassed enough to find someone who can. Of course, they are 
busy, so getting their time can be  a challenge.
Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes


> 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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