[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Want to know Wednesday

Wed Feb 22 18:42:27 UTC 2023

Hi, everyone,

I don't post here often, but labeling needle gages and needles and crochet hooks would be a great use for WayAround's oval-hole buttons. :) Take a small silicone band (silicone ones last longer than rubber ones) and put it through the hole in the button, then loop it back through itself, pulling to tighten. Then rap the other end around the pare of needles or the crochet hook a few times until it's tight enough to stay on. Label the button with the WayAround app, and off you go. :) For the needle gage, just attach it the same way you attached the button to the band, using one of the larger holes on the gage.

Thanks,
Ari

> On Feb 22, 2023, at 1:00 PM, Bernice Bird via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi Terri,
> I count up from zero being the smallest hole. Sometimes a gage has double zero, which makes counting the holes incorrect. You may want someone to make sure your gage doesn't have a double zero size. 
> With the larger needles, I count down 15, 13, 11, 10-1/2, and 10 and so on. I found an unfinished afghan in my basement, and it seemed like there was too much writing on the end of the needle. I doubted my measurement that said it was a number 10. I thought it was 10-1/2, but it was really a 10. I was correct. I don't know what the other writing was.
> Bernice
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> Yes I agree it would be great to have braille on knitting needles as well as chrochet hooks.  The problem with using the gauge for knitting needles is I have had someone tell me my needle says size 8 and when I put it into the guage I will also fit very nicely in the 7 hole so how do we really know what the size is?
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> Hi Tracey,
> i have labelled a Knitting Gauge in Braille with Dimo Tape. I have several others that are not labelled in Br. It would be nice if a company would label  a Knitting Guage in Brailleusing the Braille on the metal like Elegant Insights does for there jewelry  in Braille.  in that way the Braille will not fall off.  Has anyone seen a comeapany that labels Knitting or Crochet items in Braille? It would be nice if we could find  Crochet Hooks that have Braille also on the metal hook. 
> Happy Knitting and Crocheting!
> Kathryn
> Kathryn K. Johnson
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> From: Bernice Bird via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 05:16 AM
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> Great ideas. I also am tired of counting up or down in the holes in a needle sizer.
> A yarn untangler would be fantastic. I have been sorting with the help of a friend my 4 large bins of yarn, and now I have a bag of tangled yarn to separate. There are many many skeins of great yarn though. 
> My original idea would be a magical way to fix orthopedic problems in my hands and arms so as not to loose any crafting time. A torn rotator cuff is what needs fixing next. I knit until it says stop.
> Bernice
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> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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> Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Want to know Wednesday What I want is a knitting needle sizer with braille on it, or even raised print, if it's big enough.  You know, the doodad you stick a needle or crochet hook into to find out what size it is after its package is long gone.  I've labeled a couple, but it ain't easy.
> It should be easy to make with a 3D printer; I just don't know how.
> Tracy
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> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Want to know Wednesday I can think of a few things I'd like to see invented. One would be a machine that I could stick a ball of tangled yarn into and it would come out ready to be used.
> May post another later if nobody thinks of them.
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