Brilliant! Why haven’t we been doing this all along? French knots are perfect for embroidering messages in Braille. Add another layer of meaning to your hand-stitched projects! See the rockin tutorial over on Urban Threads.
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hahaha I’ve done it, oddly. I had a family member who was blind. It’s fun to bring embroidery to people who weren’t able to enjoy it before 🙂
I am blind, and I want to teach myself how to embroider. I’m experimenting with the various stitches to see how each one feels, and yes, one of the basics I’m learning is the French knot. What an awesome way to create print and Braille items without specialized technology, a money tree or a sighted person to help with messy paints! Silly question here, though: I just looked at the page you linked to, and I can’t seem to find the tutorial. What’s the title of the blog post? And if you’re not sure about that, can you remember some key words? My computer can’t seem to find the word “Braille” in that tutorial. Go figure? You all have a blessed holiday season! 🙂
I forgot to mention one more thing. I love embroidery, because sometimes I can determine the shapes of things. More often than not, though, someone has to tell me what the design is. That’s one of the ways I remember my colors of baby clothes–that is, the designs or materials of the garments. As I’m learning what each new stitch feels like, I have the simple pleasure of creating textures that can be determined, like a sharply-defined outline with a more suttle filling stitch. Since I have been blind all my life and I relate to how things feel, I have trouble stitching a house or something without using a stencil until I memorize the drawn shape. Lots of fun on these cold winter days! I do a lot of loom-knitting, but I wanted to try something different, partially because it’s awesome to learn new skills, but also in memory of my mother, who passed away last month.