[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Want to know Wednesday

Thu Feb 23 14:16:10 UTC 2023

I have a friend that comes once a week to help with mail, labeling, and other sighted tasks. She is fantastic with colors. I got 2 very large bins of yarn from a friend in a trade, plus my sister gave me all of my Mom's craft supplies. My friend and I have sorted 4 huge bins of all kinds of yarn. We are almost done. We seal each color in a plastic bag and do the low tech thing of writing out a braille label to tape to the bag. You should hear my friend trying to describe all of the different hues within a color. I have 3 afghans in progress trying to use up this mountain of yarn. 
Bernice
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Hi, Bernice,

This is the exact reason I don't use phone-based color identifiers. Any difference in lighting can completely throw them off. I have a Rainbow color identifier, and it's okay, but it can only do so many colors. I prefer to get all the color information (and any other info I want) through Aira and then use WayAround to make tags for whatever I'm needing to identify. I use the oval-hole buttons the most, and I use either rubber bands to attach them, if I'm attaching them to containers or unopened strands of beads, or, in the case of yarn (which I really don't work with all that much since I'm horrible at knitting--I really need to try crochet) I would probably just find the end of the scane or ball and tie the button onto it using the end of the yarn.

Thanks,
Ari.

> On Feb 22, 2023, at 4:07 PM, Bernice Bird via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I gave up on color identifiers. I had 8 skeins of yarn and I knew 
> there were only 2 colors. That silly iPhone told me so many different 
> colors, I gave up.
> Bernice
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> I agree!
> Denice has one that is only 2 rows!
> That is another reason why I like interchangeable needles.  You can 
> count the slots and the needles fit snugly in their slots!
> Now wouldn't it be great if we had a bead sourter!
> Put the bead in a bowl and it could tell you the correct color, not 
> just blue, but the shade.
> Remember those banks that could sourt your coins!
> 
> How about a better color identifier!
> Our new one told me my dark blue pants were black and when I sat in 
> the sun, I could tell they were blue!
> 
> Terry
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> 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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> 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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