[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille on blanket

[melissa R green]

what a creative idea.
wish I could do something like that.

Blessings and best wishes,
Melissa R. Green and Pj
"We love because he first loved us."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille on blanket


Probably, but I am booked now until close to May for any large project that
requires brain power, lol. Just kidding, yes, I probably can take on other
projects.

Becky sweeping the dog fur out of her brain.



-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lillie Pennington
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 11:33 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille on blanket

That is really awesome. Do you think you will advertise this type of
knitting in the future?

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> On Jan 3, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:
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> You need to add to the list of things you do under your name in this
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> Joyce  Kane
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> In a message dated 1/3/2014 12:35:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> b.butterfly at comcast.net writes:
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> Do you  all love a challenge? Well I do, smile. So when one of my new
> customers  asked if I could Braille the name of her new grand daughter
> onto a baby  blanket, I said yes. Somewhere in the back of my beaner I
> remember seriously planning to do this, and honestly thought I had
> done  this work before. Guess not, silly smile. She picked out the
> yarn and off I  went planning the blanket. I decided to work up the
> yarn with the baby's  name in Braille. Boy howdy, quite a challenging
> thing to do at the gym.
>
>
>
> So I enlisted my brainy type husband. We got the length and  width of
> the braille sells and spacing refigured out, well I did actually.  I
> checked with my Braille teacher friend on the letters, and I was good
> to  go.
>
>
>
> My husband though was trying to work it out on paper  numbering the
> spaces etc. It was a zoo as it just wouldn't click the vision  I had
> in my beaner for him.
>
>
>
> So I just proceeded forward. He  measured the Braille bumps to make
> sure they were straight, and proclaimed  how proud he was of me,
> smile.
>
>
>
> So we have a nearly done lilac  baby blanket with the name of a sweet
> little girl's name in Braille. Woo  Hoo!
>
>
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> Becky Frankeberger
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