[Nfb-krafters-korner] craft question

[Jamie Prater]

Hi, all, does anybody do any cross stitch, crewl, or embroidery who is
totally blind and never seen or known about colors and such??  I have been
given several kits for different needlepoint crafts and was just wondering.
I have tried to follow plastic canvas directions given by blind people and
haven't grasped the concepts and was just wondering.  I do a lot of things
but have never adequately learned about things like degree turns and
diagonal as they relate to certain things.  I made up my own stitch pattern
for plastic canvas and was taught one stitch by somebody with sight for
plastic canvas but want to learn more and possibly use some of the kits I
got.  I did a little bit of what they said was crewl from a kit mother
bought me when I was in middle school, and it was a hard plastic thing with
holes and a hard plastic frame.  There was a kit that a friend said was
crewl that had some kind of cloth or small holed canvas and I want to learn
more about it and possibly come up with a way to do certain projects people
might think I can't do.  I run an apartment, take care of dogs, cook, clean,
do laundry, garden, and do several crafts with yarn but am always looking to
learn something new and out of the box but my sighted help has been minimal.
This could change but so far hasn't.  Thanks all for any input and have a
blessed day.