[NFB-Krafters-Korner] ideas for a friend row counting

Mon Aug 26 22:52:45 UTC 2019

Hola,

On my loom I put a stitch counter/safety pin on the peg. So for instants, I am looming the Christmas dish cloth. It’s got 38 stitches per row. Every time I start a new row I move the stitch marker to the next Peg representing that Rhône number. When I get past 38 I just start over again at Peg one but call that row 39. Hope that makes sense.

Otherwise, I use an app.

I did just purchased a row counting bracelet. It goes up to 99. Unfortunately, there are two different strands of beads representing the ones and the tens column. They are different colors and that doesn’t work so easily for me. So I’ve marked the strand that represents tens with a safety pin. Also, the bracelet has a lobster claw clasp which is hard to put on on your own in my opinion. I’m thinking of ways of creating keychain Stitch counters for blind people. Maybe even bracelets. I’d make the beads in different textures or sizes. Anyone interested? I think I could come up with a really cool design.

LM

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> On Aug 26, 2019, at 15:38, Bernice via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I use a braille abacus. I keep the number of repeats I need to do at the top
> and the number of the row I'm on at the bottom.
> 
> Bernice
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> Of Tanya VanHouten via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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> I'm with you Tracy - I have found that the abacus is versatile for keeping
> up with many things as long as I can remember what I'm keeping up with, ha
> ha. I have also used a stitch counter on my iPhone. The app is free. It is
> called K&C Counter. You can decrease rows if you have to tink. You can name
> projects allowing you to have more than 1 project at a time.
> Tanya
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> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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> I use an abacus for row counting.  I can also use it to count in multiple
> columns, for example, count rows and count repeats, such as "work this
> 10-row pattern 5 times".
> Tracy
> 
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> Behalf Of Henry Osborne via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 10:15 AM
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> Good Morning Renae and everyone, M and M's won't work at all for me, I'll
> probably eat them all _before I even get to the next row, lol.
> I might use pennies instead.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ReNae Anderson via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 9:52 AM
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> Cc: ReNae Anderson
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> 
> I have little counters that I have, that are small manipulatives we use for
> teaching math to kids. I also have used tiny food items. For example, if I
> have 10 rows, I will put 10 raisin or Eminem's or whatever in a bowl. When I
> finish one row, I take one raisin. As long as it's a healthy snack, you
> shouldn't get you into trouble. LOL
> 
> Karyn ReNae Anderson
> 
>> On Aug 26, 2019, at 5:27 AM, Maria Chapman via NFB-Krafters-Korner 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> HI.
>> 
>> I have recently joined a vision impaired local knitting group.  One of 
>> the girls was asking about the best way to count rows while knitting.
>> I told her i either use the row counter app on my iphone, or write 
>> down the row i am up to on my braille display and then simply change 
>> the number as i go.
>> She was wondering if anyone else had other ways they count rows?
>> 
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