[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Keeping my place in a long lace row

Sun Feb 4 16:21:37 UTC 2024

Good Morning Katheryn, these are all good and useful ideas. I too learned
braille at a somewhat later age. I felt at first like "Oh, I am too old or
too stupid to learn this stuff," but, let me tell you folks that you are
never too old or stupid to learn anything.
I try to learn something new every day because "A brain is a terrible thing
to waste."

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Katherine, good on you for learning braille at 43!  It really is very
useful.
I'll keep in mind about the binder clips.
Tracy

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Hi Tracey,
I have used paperclips before for this purpose. You can also use a small
binder clip that you can get at Office Supplies Stores or on Amazon. The
ones that I use are about 1  inch across. You can clip the Binder Clip to
the line that you are working on and put the little  clip metal handles
facing to the right after you clip the Braille page edge of the paper , then
move the handles together and to the right which is the start of  the left
side of your Braille Pattern. Then when you finish reading that line then
you just open the Binder Blip and move it down to the next line of Braille
and move the metal handles together and put them facing the next line of
Braille. I have used them for years and these little Binder Clips do not
move or tend to fall off like paperclips sometimes can. I used a red felt
marker pen to mark my work on a yellow Legal Pad for my knitting patterns
for years until I had trouble seeing the felt tip pen on the paper. You can
try different colors of notebook pa  per or Legal Pads to write your pattern
or keep track of your place in your pattern. You can also get different
colors of felt tip pens and different thicknesses of tips which would help
you see your notes and keep your place better. I used this when I could see
pritn. I also inlarged my printed patterns. I learned Braille at age 43 and
got my own teacher to come to my house to teach me Grade 2. I wanted to
remain  literate is why I learned Braille at a later age as I lost more
sight. I wanted to continue to design my own knitting qualting and other
craft projects. Learning Braille allows me to use my remaining sight for
this purpose.  For those that are thinking
of learning Braille you are never too old to learn Braille.    I hope that
this helps. 
Happy Knitting! 
Kathryn 
Kathryn K. Johnson       

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Date: Sunday, February 04, 2024 06:29 AM
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Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Keeping my place in a long lace row

I like Jewel's idea of using magnets to keep my place in this long lace row,
but the magnet tape I have isn't strong enough to hold through braille
paper, so I'm using a paperclip.  It seems to be working OK.  I put it on
the edge so it points to the braille line I'm working on, and then I can
keep track of where I am in that line.
Tracy

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