[Nfb-krafters-korner] loom knitting

Mon Feb 3 14:02:22 UTC 2014

 LM;
Your bottom pegs are your odd pegs and you start with the odd peg.  Hold off until class is posted.  I do not want to give away everything.  

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lisamaria Martinez [mailto:lmartinez217 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:23 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] loom knitting

Now Cindy Z, that was beautiful. The only thing is that I start my figure 8's in the dot 4--at least when writing. *grin* In all seriousness though, when working on the long loom, does it matter what top peg you start on?

On 1/30/14, Zimmer, Cindy <cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov> wrote:
> Okay, here we go.  I will give this a shot.  Here are two different 
> ways to look at it.  See if one of them work for you.
>
> Lillie, can I assume that you know Braille?  If so, then let's think 
> of the Braille Cell.  In a figure 8 it would be like going from the 
> dot 1 down to the dot 2, over to the dot 5, down to the dot 6, over to 
> the dot 3, back to the dot 5 then up to the dot 4 and over to the dot 
> 1.  What you have to remember is you are curving your lines that you 
> are drawling.  At the middle of the figure 8 the lines cross over each 
> other between the Braille dots 2 and 5.
>
> Have you ever put the body of a snowman together.  I would be like two 
> balls of snow sitting on top of one another.  If you traced your 
> finger around the outsides of the snowman starting on the upper left 
> side of the top snowball, come to where the top ball and bottom ball 
> meet.  Take your finger and bring it over to the  bottom right side of 
> the lower ball.  Follow that ball down to the ground, then continue to 
> follow the ball over to the left side and back up to the center where 
> the two ball meet again.  Cross over the center and up to the right 
> side of the upper ball.  Follow that ball up and go around to the 
> left.  That is where you started.  You have completed a figure 8.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Cindy Z.
>
>
>
>
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>
> I truly feel questions like this should be asked and answered on the  list.
>
>  This is how our teachers learn to teach each one of you with the  
> words to explain what our hands are doing.
>
> If we don't share this information with each other we won't be able to 
> help each other learn.
>
> Joyce  Kane
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>
> In a message dated 1/29/2014 11:55:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> melissatucker4 at att.net writes:
>
> I'm  going to ask a question that may sound stupid.  However, I've 
> never seen  printed material before.  Can someone describe the figure 
> 8 that is mentioned in the patterns for long looms?  I was born 
> totally blind and  was never taught handwriting properly in school  If 
> this is too much  traffic for the list, I understand.  anyone is welcome to write me off  list.
>
>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 10:19 PM, Lillie Pennington
> <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
>>
>> Can you send me the  same info? I have wanted to try something on the
> long loom but am not sure  what to do or exactly what I can do.
>>
>> Sent from my  iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Barb Roland  <barbwire59 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Melissa, sent you  a msg off list, let me know if you got it please.
>>>  Barb
>>>> On Jan 28, 2014, at 11:02 PM, melissa tucker 
>>>> <melissatucker4 at att.net>
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well,  we are snowed in for a day or two, so I'm wanting to try a 
>>>> new
> project.   I made my first hat on the round knifty knitter loom.  Now I want
>
> to try  something on  a long loom.  Can someone send me instructions 
> on starting a scarf or something using a long one?  I realize there 
> are upcoming classes on this, but I need a new project to start on.  
> Write me off list if you wish.  thanks.
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