Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 01:49:03 -0300 From: Chantal Cl <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [lace] Lace and bad eyesight
Hi my fellow lacemakers, It's a long long time, I did not write anything, but I'm staying loyal to the group reading every day, your wonderful messages. A few years ago, I lost my right eye sight, following a dental surgery and I had to quit lacemaking. Hi Arachnids Many years ago I was demonstrating next to someone etching pictures on glass. He explained that he could go on for hours without any eyestrain as he was blind in one eye and as long as he had good eyesight in one eye he had no problem. Most lacemakers' eyestrain is caused by the eyes turning slightly inwards to concentrate on an object that is close. By only using one eye there was no eyestrain. His etching was very high standard. I also taught a lacemaker who could only use one eye. In her 80s she could not crochet any longer but was still using 100 crochet cotton for her lacemaking. Providing someone pricked her pattern she could roughly see where the hole was and feel would do the rest. All best wishes Alex - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
