[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday

[Dani Pagador]

Hi, Everyone.
I remember back in the late '90s either reading an article in the
Monitor or listening to it on one of the JOBS cassettes about a blind
florist. She used her sense of touch to create the arrangements, and
used a color wheel someone had made tactile for her to help with color
choices. Hmm ... color wheel ... another thing to ask D.H. to help me
do. Oh, how I love that man!!! His latest enabling tool is a wooden
butter cutting guide with three sides and seven slits so I can get the
tablespoon measurement just right. There'll be more cookies and pies
in his future, much to the doctor's chagrin.

More Later,
Dani

On 3/16/17, Cathy Flesher via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello Nella and all,
>
> I must preface my answer by saying that what I miss most about having no
> sight at all, is the ability to see colors. When I was young I used to love
> to crayon, use oils and paints to make colorful abstract  designs.
> Obviously, I can't do that anymore. But the colors and their hues are still
> very clear in my mind. It is now my imagination I use to create my
> paintings. I see the blue of the sky on a crisp fall day, the green of
> spring grass, the yellow of a dandelion, the orange of a pumpkin, the red
> of
> an apple, and the violet of the sky at sunset. My mind shapes the colors
> into designs that  I really enjoy seeing in my mind's eye, taking shape.
>
> Another thing I used to love to do was to read the yarn description on the
> Lion Brand website and picture them in my mind, especially the
> variegations.
> But now the color descriptions are no longer available so I do not have
> that
> to enjoy anymore. I can remember when I was a teenager, having a variegated
> rainbow yarn. so bright with every color of the rainbow. I can still see it
> in my mind. Unfortunately I have only one friend who is able to adequately
> describe colors to my satisfaction, but thank God for her!
>
> So I purchase my yarn and hope that what is in my mind is actually what is
> in my hands as I knit and crochet.
>
> I would also like to say that I have found it impossible to adequately
> describe what a color is like to a totally blind person. the vest I could
> do
> was to tell my husband to imagine the scent of a lemon for yellow and so
> on.
> But that does not at all describe the variety of shades and tones. in the
> colors, which I find to be a sad thing, that he will never remember what
> colors looked like. he lost his sight too early in life to remember seeing
> anything but light.
>
> Well enough babbling.
>
> Your questions are quite thought-provoking Nella and I appreciate you
> posting them.
>
> Have a great day!!
> Cathy F
>
>
>
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